Shape Focus Prevention

Question

When I launch the VB.NET Winforms application, I do not want it to steal focus from other open applications. FYI, my application is launched from the command line, but this should not change. I saw question 577076 , but that does not work.

What is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

Here is what I did to make this work:

I added the following code to the Form1.vb file:

Protected Overloads Overrides ReadOnly Property ShowWithoutActivation() As Boolean  
    Get  
        Return True  
    End Get  
End Property

But there is still no success.

Then I unchecked the Enable Application Platform checkbox on the Application tab of the project properties.

Success!!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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protected CreateParams CreateParams {
  get {
    CreateParams baseParams = base.CreateParams;
    const int WS_EX_NOACTIVATE = 0x08000000;   
    const int WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = 0x00000080;    
    baseParams.ExStyle |= (int) (WS_EX_NOACTIVATE | WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW); 
    return baseParams;
  }
}
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