Do not want focus on Form with AlwaysOnTop set to True

Question

In my application I use AlwaysOnTop = true setting for my Form object which at some points appears in the lower right corner.

I want to keep that appearing on top because it gives an important warning, but it is very annoying that the focus is also set to the form.

So when someone is doing something in another program he needs to click once on the application he is actually working in to regain focus from my notification form.

I couldn't find out a way of fixing it so hope someone can help.

Thank you very much !

have you considered a NotifyIcon (system tray notifier) instead? — Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp, Oct 25 '13 at 14:18
@Plutonix : Yes i have but this form is somehow more advanced and needs to stay a form... @ Hans : I think it might be a duplicate but there is no example of the p/invoke included by you which would be usefull I guess.. — Jacob Siemaszko, Oct 25 '13 at 14:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '13 at 15:55

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Here's an example of the API being used:

Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal handle As IntPtr, ByVal nCmdShow As Integer) As Integer

Private Const SW_SHOWNA As Integer = 8

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Dim frm As New someFormHere
    ShowWindow(frm.Handle, SW_SHOWNA)
End Sub

answered Oct 25 '13 at 15:55

Idle_Mind

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Thank you, the example saved my lot of time :) – Jacob Siemaszko Oct 28 '13 at 08:01

Do not want focus on Form with AlwaysOnTop set to True

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