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Hi all,

I am trying to open a winform as a normal dexterity form following the guide from VSTool guide.

public partial class DynamicsGPForm1 : DexUIForm

DynamicsGPForm1 form = new DynamicsGPForm1();

form.Show();
form.Activate();

The winform is opened but it is not shown in Windows menu.

But if I open a Dexterity form as below example, it will be shown in Windows menu:

Microsoft.Dexterity.Applications.Dynamics.Forms.SopEntry.Open()

I am developing by latest Dexterity 18.00.0028.

Appreciate any help / advice.

Kind Regards,

Kelvin

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David Musgrave MVP ... 14,095 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi Kelvin

You cannot have a winform showing on the Dexterity windows menu.

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David

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KelvinNguyen 30 on at

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Hi David and everyone,

I am now facing a side-effect issue because of being unable to add .net form into Windows menu. That is if we have Dex and .net forms opened concurrently, and .net form is already on top, we can't bring Dex form to the top by Windows menu. I guess because Dexterity knows nothing about .net form that's why it has thought that Dex form already on top.

It will be really annoying for our clients as this seems a very basic standard.

Anyone is facing same issue and will appreciate a lot for any advice.

Kind Regards,

Kelvin

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David Musgrave MVP ... 14,095 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi Kelvin

The list of windows in the Windows menu is Dexterity windows. There is no way to get a winform to show in the list without some really low level hacking (no idea how to do that).

As Winforms are not supported on the webclient and you already have some Dexterity windows, can't you use Dexterity to create the window and then code against it using either Dexterity or VSTools.

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David

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KelvinNguyen 30 on at

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Hi David,

Thanks for your reply.

Do we have any way to pull Dex form to topmost of screen when selecting it via Windows menu, does not matter there exist .net form or not ?

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Kelvin

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David Musgrave MVP ... 14,095 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi Kelvin

If you open a Dexterity window that is already open, it will bring it to the front.

I know this works in Dexterity, not sure if it works in VSTools.

Also I know it brings it to the front of Dexterity windows, not sure if it will come in front of a winform.

Also make sure the winform is not modal.

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David

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KelvinNguyen 30 on at

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hi David,

Yes it works for Dexterity forms without any code, but it does not bring it to the front of a winform, and yes winform is not a modal. I have tried the winform to be inherited from Microsoft.Dexterity.Shell.DexUIForm, DexTaskForm, DexForm... all those are not working at all.

Thanks,

Kelvin.

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David Musgrave MVP ... 14,095 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Ok.... Then it is possible using win32 DLL calls using the extern command in Dexterity.

This allows you to address the window at the OS level.

I have done something similar in GP Power Tools to bring a window to the front of all windows in the OS.

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David

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KelvinNguyen 30 on at

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Hi David,

Thanks for your reply.

Can we catch sort of the SelectedItem event on Windows menu ?

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Kelvin

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David Musgrave MVP ... 14,095 Most Valuable Professional on at

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That menu is part of the Runtime Engine so there is no Dexterity way to get to any of the events.

You might be able to using a low level hack.

Does the window have to be a winform?

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David

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KelvinNguyen 30 on at

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Hi David,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes it has to be a winform because we have a very complex winform in place with self drawing. Please look at below screenshot.

Cheers,

Kelvin

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