Greg,
That's actually very rude behavior for an application, and MS agrees,
which is why you can't create a system-modal dialog box, or have other forms
take focus when your app is in focus.
Quite frankly, I would tell your user to pay more attention, but being
that is not a viable option, I would recommend a notification tray icon,
which you can then change when the user has to be informed of a change.
Hope this helps.
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"Greg Smith" <gj*@umn.edu> wrote in message
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I have a user who likes to keep my application minimized. He wants to have
a pop up of some sort come up to tell him he needs to return to the
application to take action.
I have used both message boxes and forms as pop ups but if the application
is minimized it only comes up on the task bar. He wants to have system
modal warning that will pop up and over ride all other applications open.
Any help is greatly appreciated.