Two forms Active At The Same Time

[wichawd]

Hi. I have a form which loads another form. When the second form is shown, the first form naturally is deactivated. Is there anything I can do to make the two forms appear active at the same time. I don't know if this has something to do with the WndProc...

 

I hope you could help me guys. Thanks in advance.

[PlausiblyDamp]

Not really sure if I understand - why would you want both forms to appear active when only one is.

What are you trying to do - there may be a better way.

[mutant]

Only one form can be focused at one time.

[wichawd]

I'm creating a custom combobox control which shows a datagrid(located on a form) as its dropdown. The parent form, where my control is located is deactivated everytime the dropdown is shown.

 

I want the parent form to appear (not really activated per say) active while the dropdown is shown.

[divil]

Try using the AddOwnedForm method of the parent form on the secondary form.

[wichawd]

Actually what I'm trying to do is to prevent the form from being grayed out when it is deactivated. Is this possible?

[divil]

Not that I know of, but I could be wrong.

[wichawd]

Hmmm. Let's put it this way. If a form is deactivated the color of the form's caption bar becomes gray...right? How can I prevent it from changing its color? Hope you get it guys....:)

[divil]

We get it, but that doesn't mean it's possible - it's not the way Windows works. The only way around would be to draw your own titlebar, and that's never a good solution.