Puzzling Windows Forms positioning predicament
I have a question that I cannot figure out because I can't figure out how to phrase it in a search engine. Maybe one of my readers has the answer?
Suppose I have an app with 3 forms:
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| A | | |
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| C |
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| B | | |
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This is not an MDI app, but just hasĀ 3 separate forms. Only form "C" is to be shown in the taskbar. The other forms reflect summary data about what's going on in C but aren't really for user interaction.
My problem is that when the user switches away from form C and then comes back, either by minimizing/maximizing, Alt-Tab or whatever, I need to bring forms A and B to the front again. I tried working with methods like Focus() and BringToFront() as well as the Activate() event, but the problem is that when C is activated, and I bring A or B to front, when I switch back to C then it tries to activate A or B again, so I'm stuck in a loop.
Thanks for any input you might have to this puzzling predicament.