Displaying a Form so it shows on the taskbar

[VorTechS]

I have an ActiveX DLL which contains a particular data entry form. When the DLL is called by an appropriate EXE, and this form is displayed, it does not appear on the taskbar despite having the 'ShownInTaskBar' property set to true.

The form itself is set to 'Fixed single', it has a control box, minbutton and maxbutton ... but with any combination of these I still cannot get the form to appear on the taskbar.

Any ideas and help greatly appreciated....

[VorTechS]

For those who are interested in the answer to this question:

The problem lies (perhaps?) with VB...

If you are showing a form using the optional parameter [VBMODAL] then that form will NOT appear on the task bar.

So instead of using: -

frmMyForm.show vbmodal

use: -

frmMyform.show

To get your VBmodal type control back, after the frmMyForm.show, use a Do...Until Loop checking for a boolean variable that is set in the Form_Unload event.