>>>i would like to bring to forefront an actual connection that is currently in the background.
>>>So let's say i have already made conection to 'https://this is my site.com/main.html' and it opens in a window smply called
>>>"This is my site - Windows Internet Explorer" as the title of the explorer window. Neither will actually appear in the forefront
>>>with the code below. Is there a way to open this secondary window? thanks k
>>>
>>>this is the code with the problems shown to the right or each solution
>>>#DEFINE SW_SHOWNORMAL 1
>>>lcUrl = "This is my site - Windows Internet Explorer" &&& this is the window name -- error not a file
>>>lcUrl = 'https://this is my site.com/main.html' &&& this is the window url conection --- makes the internet connection again so that i have two.
>>>
>>>oShell = Createobject("wscript.shell")
>>>oShell.Run(lcUrl)
>>>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN "Shell32.dll" ;
>>> INTEGER hwnd, STRING lpVerb, STRING lpFile, ;
>>> STRING lpParameters, STRING lpDirectory, LONG nShowCmd
>>>ShellExecute(0, "Open", lcUrl, "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
>>
>>
>>See if this is what you need:
>>

>>oCollection = CreateObject( "Shell.Application" )
>>
>>FOR ia=0 to oCollection.Windows.Count-1
>>	WITH oCollection.Windows(ia)
>>		?.FullNAme
>>		iF "iexplore.exe"$LOWER(.FullNAme) and "window title fragment"$lower(.locationName)
>>			*all properties and Methods of InternetExplorer.Application"
>>			* could go here
>>			?"Title: ",  	.locationName		&&Window Title
>>			?"URL: ",		.LocationUrl	&&URL
>>			?"Type: ", 		.Type		&&HTML DOcument
>>			?"Handle: ",	.HWND		&&Handle
>>			
>>	* maximize INternet Explorer, UT Message 684936  
>>			DECLARE INTEGER ShowWindow IN WIN32API ;
>>					INTEGER hWnd, Integer nCmd
>>			cnSW_MAXIMIZE = 3
>>
>>			ShowWindow(.hWnd, cnSW_MAXIMIZE)
>>                                                      EXIT
>>
>>		endif
>>
>>	ENDwith
>>ENDFOR
>>
>>oCollection=.null.
>>RELEASE oCollection
>>

>>
>>Good Luck
>
>That's a lot more than I need. Here's the code I. using
>

>o = CREATEOBJECT("InternetExplorer.Application")
>o.VISIBLE=.T.
>

>
>I'm thinking there is one simple command such as:
>

>o.Maximized= .T. 
>

>
>Is there anything like that available?

It doesn't have WindowState or Maximized properties, so I guess there is no direct way through the properties of the object.