VB has Screen.ActiveForm, which will need to be stored in an Object or Variant type for
your purpose. Then:

oSavedForm = Screen.ActiveForm
CallByName oSavedForm, "WindowState", VbLet, 1

Or
CallByName oSavedForm, "ZOrder", vbLet, 0 ' Bring window to front (setfocus)


>I need to do something in VB. I believe I know how I would do it in Fox but can't find the right syntax in VB. What I want to do is keep the name of the active form. Then I'll put a "container" form around my application. The container form is only so I can make sure I have a task bar button (so I don't have to go back and change every form). Whenever someone clicks on the taskbar button I want the container form to fire code that pulls up the truly active form.
>
>So it's going to be something like:
>
> activeform = (name of active form)
> (user minimizes application)
> (user maximizes application)
> sub container_form.on_maximize
> &activeform.setfocus
> end sub
>
>
>Will something like this work in VB? Thanks.