>Secondly, when a timer event fires in the EXE that I ran automatically I want to bring to app to the front of all windows that are open. For now, the window that jumps to the front does not need to be a modal app but I'm curious how I might do that if needed.
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You can try SetForegroundWindow API #12720

DECLARE SHORT SetForegroundWindow IN USER32.DLL INTEGER hWnd
IF SetForegroundWindow(_VFP.hWnd) = 0
	*WAIT WINDOW "Didn't work"
ENDIF