C# bring Form to Front following File Dialog

Question

When I start up the program I have added code to open a file dialog box, but doing this results in the main form being sent behind Visual Studio(and other open programs) once a file has been selected. I have tried using this.BringToFront() but this doesn't seem to work. The program currently only has one form as well, how would I bring this to the front when the program starts?

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    InitialiseDataGrid();
    selectFile();
    readData();
    this.BringToFront();
}

selectFile() is a function that selects a file using a file dialog box, readData() is a function that reads the data from the text file into a dataGridView.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '15 at 14:23

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You should past the owner window's instance while Opening The dialog window. example code:

var file = new OpenFileDialog();
file.ShowDialog(this);

answered Mar 01 '15 at 14:23

Gaurav Sharma

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '15 at 13:03

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You can use

this.TopMost = true;

answered Mar 01 '15 at 13:03

MD SHAHIDUL ISLAM

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 01 '15 at 12:56

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You're juggling with different applications: VS and your program. The released version of the program probably won't run through VS anyway.

Bring it to the foreground:

this.Activate();

Use it with caution.

answered Mar 01 '15 at 12:56

Gabe

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C# bring Form to Front following File Dialog

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