Vlad, _ShowWindow does not exist, but Declare DLL is ...
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>You can make window as foreground also by using ShowWindow API function with SW_SHOW as second parameter. Is it available in VFP5? I also wondered, is DECLARE-DLL command not avauilable in VFP5?
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>>>Hi!
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>>>These two could be a problem. After forms are shown, use SetForegroundWindow() API function to make it active manually. You can find the HWND value for this API function using the FindWindow API function.
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During startup _SCREEN is made visible and invisible;
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>>>>During startup another task is created (all in same datasession);
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>>Vlad, I followed the discussion with Chris (Setting Focus to Top Level Form) and though I have a code-example now, I don't think I can get this to work;
>>In VFP5 there seems no _SetForehandWindow API.
>>BTW, if another task is at the taskbar (so, minimized), my input is in this other task. I guess if no task is there, my input is at the desktop ? (didn't check that).
>>I just tried for another hour, but can't get around this anoying thing...
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>>I can resize the forms, maximize them etc., perform a SetFocus on the Control of the form, but it remains inactive.