Z Order of Forms - SendToBack() BringToFront()

Z Order of Forms - SendToBack() BringToFront()

• rhino_mik

  Hi InquiringMinds,
  
  Did you try if your issue reproduces on NETCF V2 On NETCF V2, we added the Form.TopMost property that you can use to force the form to appear on the top most of the screen.
  
  Cheers,
  Anthony Wong [MSFT]
  

• luango

  As I move through my array list of Forms, this works... but unfortunatley leaves the last form grayed out and still visible:
  
  
  

  ((System.Windows.Forms.Form)formarray[indexForm]).Enabled = false;
  indexForm += e.m_moveByNumber;
  ((System.Windows.Forms.Form)formarray[indexForm]).Enabled = true;
  ((System.Windows.Forms.Form)formarray[indexForm]).Show();
  
  This doesn't work, and sends the new form created with show to the back of the desktop:
  
  ((System.Windows.Forms.Form)formarray[indexForm]).Enabled = false;
  ((System.Windows.Forms.Form)formarray[indexForm]).Hide();
  indexForm += e.m_moveByNumber;
  ((System.Windows.Forms.Form)formarray[indexForm]).Enabled = true;
  ((System.Windows.Forms.Form)formarray[indexForm]).Show();
  
  I'm really confused here, how can I force a new modeless dialog to the top.
  
  Thanks.

  
  
  

• Lily

  Can you show your code.
  
  Have you tried using the .Show() and .Hide() methods
  
  You may need to have a parent in order to use .BringToFront() and .SendtoBack()
  
  
  

• TheBilly

  I know nobody has responded, but that TopMost property saved me from a lot of headache. Of course, I had to use it in a hacky way, namely:

  this.TopMost = true;

  this.TopMost = false;

  but it works nonetheless. Thank you.

  
  
• Z Order of Forms - SendToBack() BringToFront()