Hi,

I think you use CBuilder. Possible the OnActivate is too soon. I should suggest to post a message to a custom message handler where you activate the form. or bring the mainForm->SendToBack();; in a custom message handler. You can experiment a little

If you find code in Delphi you can easy translate it to C++. There is only little syntax differences if you study it carefully. You can post here and I can help eventually if some things look strange to you.

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