shows new form without causing other form to lose focus [Resolved]

[Volvere]

hi,

just wondering if its possible to display a new form (by any means, using nativewindow or create manually, ...) without causing 'lose focus' event of any other forms

thx

[nahya^^]

would setting the form's WindowState to minimized work?

[Hole-In-One]

That works but then the form isn't visible.

to display a new form

Why is it important not to call the lostfocus event?

Maybe theres another way around this?

[Volvere]

well,

actually i am writing a customizable tooltip control and it has to be a control or be 'contained' within a control which can exists outside of any form. i tried using nativewindow and create a new low-level window however it is focused when its visible.

or is there a way to provide a 'canvas' to draw instead of creating a new form.

thx

[Volvere]

Problems solved...

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NE...ls/article.asp

[Pirate]

What about this ?

Form f=new Form();            
f.Show();
this.Focus(); 

[Volvere]

Thats gonna cause lost focus event of the current form just right before the new form is shown. Anyway, the article I posted has solved the issue. Thanks a lot for your helps, I do appreciate those.