George, thanks for your reply.

I could not find anything in API called ShowWindow

(I just clicked on API and it brought me to the API section)

Am I looking in the right place ?

Regards,

Gerard



>>I have a Timer routine, which runs minimized, and on a timer, checks for the exitence of a record type. I can get a messagebox to display on the timer event, but the app stays minimized.
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>>Is there a way of bringing the app, or form or Messagebox to the top of all currently running apps(Could be Word, Excle or another Fox app)
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>>I want to get the users attention, using a messagebox, no matter what app they are in.
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>>Regards,
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>Gerard,
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>Will the ShowWindow() function do for you? It's usage can be found in the API section.