How to Restore application from minimized state

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Tim Dol	Tim Dol posted 18 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 340, Visits: 1.4K	If I launch an exe from my menu system and minimizes it, how can I restore the application or bring focus back to the application if they happen to click on the menu option again?
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Trent Taylor	Trent Taylor posted 18 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Developers Posts: 6.6K, Visits: 7K	Well, since you are using n MDI form you can cycle through all of the instantiated forms through the forms collection: Public Function RestoreForm(ByVal FormType As System.Type) As Boolean Dim loForm As System.Windows.Forms.Form Dim llReturn As Boolean = False For Each loForm In MyMDI.MdiChildren If loForm.GetType() Is FormType llReturn = True If loForm.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Then loForm.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal End If End If Next Return llReturn End Function You would call it like this: If Not RestoreForm(GetType(MyForm)) Then '-- Launch your form End If
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Tim Dol - 18 Years Ago

If the application that your menu launched is not a .NET form then you...

Trent L. Taylor - 18 Years Ago

Thanks Trent, this is exactly what I was looking for. How do you...

Tim Dol - 18 Years Ago

Well, since you are using n MDI form you can cycle through all of the...

Trent L. Taylor - 18 Years Ago

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