How to Open Second Form As Attached To First Form.

[kamran26]

I am opening a Second From IN Different Thread and I am using this second form as Progress bar.

This second forms opens as another form but I want this not to appear on taskbar instead it should be on top of the original main form.

If ProgressTitle = Nothing Then
            ProgressTitle = "Batch Process Is Running #1"
        End If
        PricingRunning.Text = ProgressTitle
        PricingRunning.PB.Value = ProgressPB
        PricingRunning.SB.Text = ProgressSB
        While running = True
            PricingRunning.PB.Value = ProgressPB
            PricingRunning.SB.Text = ProgressSB
 
            PricingRunning.ShowDialog()
            If PricingRunning.DialogResult = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel Then
                running = False
            End If
        End While
        'Dim t As New System.Threading.Thread(New System.Threading.ThreadStart(AddressOf ProgressFormShow))
        't.Start()
        'ProcessRunning.ProgressBar1.Value = i
        running = False

[tlhintoq]

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[tlhintoq]

This second forms opens as another form but I want this not to appear on taskbar instead it should be on top of the original main form.

Set progress form property .TopMost to true
Set progress form property .ShowInTaskBar to false

Set your property .BePatient to true
Set your property .Relax to true
Set your property .ReadThroughPropertiesAvailableToMe to true

[kamran26]

Sorry I was about to leave office at that time.

Any ways the option you have given me is not quite right. Setting TopMost=True is not quite good as it put the progress from on top of all even top of my other programs which I dont want. I want this form to be shown when the main form is activated and progress on top of main form.

[kamran26]

Actually I want it to be same is ShowDialog Other ways I had read about like setting the OWN etc.

My Problem is I am doing this from another thread.

[tlhintoq]

I believe you can set the .Parent property of the child form. That will cause it to be on top of its parent, but not other applications.

But I have not tested that extensively.