TopMost without setting the form to be in top of all operating windows

regor

Hi, I have an application which has a form which does the Loading Dialog so the user knows there is something loading in the background and so the user cant close or touch the running form or windows. Now say I have Microsoft Word open and then I open my application and I log in the application, the Loading Dialog will show and I have set the property of the form TopMost = true. But I have found that what it does it to show this form in top of all windows so if I try to open Microsoft Word I have the Loading bar in top and I can't read what it's in the page. I have set the property to Top Most so the user can see that there is something loading in top of my application. But badly it also goes in top of other applications. Is there any way to solve this?

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Kirtan Patel17y ago

Accepted answer

friend

Below is Perfect Solution For you :)

  Form1 f1 = new Form1();


 f1.ShowDialog();



it will not allow other form access till the Shown From Closeed first :)

if it helps you please check "Do you like this answer"

regor17y ago
I have used both answers now the showdialog is needed to call the form so it does the first handling and I am using the other one to focus the code around the form. Although I am thinking it would be best to minimize the other forms as well so when the loading dialog appears the windows wont go white or transparent and the user can only see the dialog, but I think I know how to do this. Both codes were very helpful thank you!
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regor17y ago
Hi, So from the code I am not sure if this is right but I did this private void loadingTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { while (this.Visible) { Application.DoEvents(); this.BringToFront(); this.Focus(); //If the progress bar is at the end, reset it back to the beginning if (loadingProgressBar.Value == loadingProgressBar.Maximum) loadingProgressBar.Value = 0; loadingProgressBar.PerformStep(); } } The problem is that the loading bar is now going really quick but I think I know why. But otherwise I think it is doing as it should. I can now still click on the other forms but they go blank, any way to block access to the other forms?
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theLizard17y ago
TopMost without setting the form to be in top of all operating windows This is a contradiction. If the form does not need to be on top of all operating windows then it cannot be a TopMost window or Dialog.

If you just want your form to be in front of all your other forms in your application while it is doing work, try using

this.BringToFront();

To keep it in front while your form is doing work, try a timer control and this code in its Tick event

while(this.Visible){                  //as long as the form is visible (doing work) execute the following code.
      Application.DoEvents(); //give windows a chance to process other messages
      this.BringToFront();        //bring the form to the top of your application
      this.Focus();                    //set the focus to your form

      }
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Kirtan Patel17y ago
Friend, Here is Code How to Make your Application From Top of All Application In Windows Even if Systems Warnings Too :)

please check "Do you like this answer" if it helps you :)

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int X,int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);
        static readonly IntPtr HWND_TOPMOST = new IntPtr(-1);
        static readonly IntPtr HWND_NOTOPMOST = new IntPtr(-2);
        static readonly IntPtr HWND_TOP = new IntPtr(0);

        const UInt32 SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
        const UInt32 SWP_NOMOVE = 0x0002;
        const UInt32 TOPMOST_FLAGS = SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SetWindowPos(this.Handle, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, this.Height, this.Width, TOPMOST_FLAGS);
        }
}

Here Another Code too That is Simply but its window will top of All Except System Alerts
Form1 f1 = new Form1(); f1.ShowDialog();
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