[RESOLVED] Main form not visible means it's not available when Alt/Tabbing

A project's main form is Form1 and eventually Form2 is loaded following a button click,

Form2.Show 1

I thought I'd make the main form invisible until control be returned to it by inserting another 2 statements:

Me.Visible = False
Form2.Show 1
Me.Visible = True

But then, with Form2 already loaded, I tried to cycle through some other applications I was running at the same time by hitting Alt/Tab, but it turned out the VB application was hidden and couldn't be selected, all because of those 2 Me.Visible statements above.

I wonder if there's a way to circumvent this inconvenience. Not that I absolutely need to hideForm1 but I'm curious to know.

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Originally Posted by Zvoni

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In my case showing the form modal does not make the difference. Simply removing the Me.Visible statements makes the application available in the task list.

Give this a try. In Form1 remove the line that is setting visiblity to false

Code:

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'Me.Visible = False
Form2.Show 1
Me.Visible = True

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In the Activate event of Form2 set visibility to false for Form1.

Code:

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Private Sub Form_Activate()
    Form1.Visible = False
End Sub

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Originally Posted by MarkT

Give this a try...

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Yes, it works! Thank you.