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    Bringtofront and send to back not working

    I have a form that is set to open at startup. while opening another form from menu it is displayed behind the start up form. how do i bring the newly opened form to front?

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    Re: Bringtofront and send to back not working

    You need to pass it Focus...
    Code:
    FormName.Focus()
    or set its owner to one you want behind
    Code:
    FormName.show(FrontFormName)
    Which of the two methods depends on how you want the forms to react....
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