display a minimized window when another is showing

arif sharif

hi every one

i have form named mainform ,which consist of timer control named as t1
in t1_tick
iam checking the timer time
suppose if its 1 hour iam displaying another window which will display after an hour your application will close automatically.
but when the timer starts iam minimizing that first form(mainform), so whenver second form is showing we need to show first form(main form) and then secondform.
in timer i used
this.bringtofront()
this focus()
but it is not displaying.

warm regards
arif sharif

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Scott Lysle19y ago

this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal; (or Maximized or Minimized).
Richard Blythe19y ago
I'm not entirely sure I understand the question. If you are trying to bring the mainform from a totally minimized state (only shown in the taskbar) then you cannot do that by the code sample you listed. I'm not at my office computer right now so I can't give you a specific answer. I do know that in design mode you can set what the initial state of the window. One rule of thumb is that whatever you can set in design mode can most certainly set programmatically. Try looking for the property in design mode that deals with the state of the window then you will know how to implement it with code.

Cheers!
Richard