Form Appear

[tigger]

Hi

I have a form called Form1. When Form1 loads, another form, Form2, will appear. However, i want Form2 to appear in front of Form1. I tried doing the following but it doesn't seem to work. Form 2 still appear behind Form1.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
 
        Form2.Show()
        Form2.BringToFront()
 
End Sub

[debasisdas]

Question moved to .NET Forum.

[balabaster]

Hi

I have a form called Form1. When Form1 loads, another form, Form2, will appear. However, i want Form2 to appear in front of Form1. I tried doing the following but it doesn't seem to work. Form 2 still appear behind Form1.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
 
Form2.Show()
Form2.BringToFront()
 
End Sub

This appears to work on my system...

 Public Class Form1 
  Private Sub Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
  Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim oFrm As Form = New Form2
    oFrm.Show(Me)
  End Sub
End Class

Then in your splash screen (I'm assuming that's what you're using it for), you can have a timer to auto-close it after a period.

[tigger]

This appears to work on my system...

 Public Class Form1 
  Private Sub Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
  Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim oFrm As Form = New Form2
    oFrm.Show(Me)
  End Sub
End Class

Then in your splash screen (I'm assuming that's what you're using it for), you can have a timer to auto-close it after a period.

The code works, thanks. However, i have some problem with focusing it. Even though my Form2 appears in front of my Form1, the form is grayed. I need to click on the form, then the focus is on the textbox in the form. I tried 'Form2.nameTextBox.Focus()' in the load event but it doesnt work. How do i make the focus go to text box once Form2 loads?

[none]

could you try on form2 load just textbox.focus?

[tigger]

could you try on form2 load just textbox.focus?

I tried but it doesn't work. I also put it in my Form1 but still, the textbox is not focused.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Could you please confirm that the Enabled Property of Form2 is set to true?

[tigger]

Could you please confirm that the Enabled Property of Form2 is set to true?

It's already set to true. I've already managed to solve it. Thanks. I used oFrm.ShowDialog(Me) instead and it works.