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

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

would setting the form's WindowState to minimized work?

That works but then the form isn't visible.

Quote:

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to display a new form

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Why is it important not to call the lostfocus event?

Maybe theres another way around this?:rolleyes:

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

Problems solved...

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

What about this ?

PHP Code:

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


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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.