How can I bring my application window to the front? [duplicate]

Question

How to bring my application window to front? For example whan my app needs attention.

This is for my personal program. I need that functionality.

This is what I got. But it's NOT working 100% times.

public void BringToFrontToEnterCaptha() {     if (InvokeRequired)     {         Invoke(new Action(BringToFrontToEnterCaptha));     }     else     {         this.TopMost = true;         this.Focus();         this.BringToFront();         this.textBox1.Focus();         this.textBox1.Text = string.Empty;         System.Media.SystemSounds.Beep.Play();     } }  public void BringToBackAfterEnterCaptha() {     if (InvokeRequired)     {         Invoke(new Action(BringToBackAfterEnterCaptha));     }     else     {         this.TopMost = false;     } } 

And I call them from background worker.

BringToFrontToEnterCaptha(); while (!ready) {     Thread.Sleep(100); } BringToBackAfterEnterCaptha(); Thread.Sleep(300); 

And after pressing "Accept" button bool ready is set to true.

I works great but not always.

Answer 1

Here is a piece of code that worked for me

this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized; this.Show(); this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal; 

It always brings the desired window to the front of all the others.

Answer 2

Use Form.Activate() or Form.Focus() methods.