[the5thelement]

I am writing an update program for a game I am making. However when I tell the from to show a form it does not put the form in the front of the previous form. I have tried using

Public Sub Form3_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Me.BringToFront()
    End Sub

but it still shows it behind the first form. I have also tried

Public Sub CheckForUpdate()
        Dim PatchVersionRequest As System.Net.HttpWebRequest = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create("https://dl.dropbox.com/u/99076080/Launcher%20Updater/Patch%20Version.txt")
        Dim PatchVersionResponse As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = PatchVersionRequest.GetResponse()
        Dim PatchVersionStream As System.IO.StreamReader = New System.IO.StreamReader(PatchVersionResponse.GetResponseStream())
        Dim PatchVersion As String = PatchVersionStream.ReadToEnd
        Dim CurrentPatchVersionStream As System.IO.StreamReader = New System.IO.StreamReader(My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory & "/Launcher.wtf")
        Dim CurrentPatchVersion As String = CurrentPatchVersionStream.ReadToEnd
        If PatchVersion = CurrentPatchVersion * 2 Then
            [u][b]Form3.Show()[/b][/u]
            Form3.TextBox1.Text = "Update"
            Form3.Label1.Text = "Updating Patch-T.MPQ"
            [b][u]Form3.BringToFront()[/u][/b]
        Else
            PictureBox1.Enabled = True
        End If
    End Sub

But still it shows the third form behind the first form. Is there anyway around this?

[m_wylie85]

have to tried hiding the previous form e.g:

frmform2.show()
me.hide()

[brutalexcess]

Try the above, or alternatively you may also try:

nForm.ShowDialog() 'Shows the form as a dialog, forcing it to become the focused form.

Depending on what how you are trying to use your forms, a dialog may be an alternative. This however requires that form to be closed before you can access other forms due to the behaviour of dialogs.

[the5thelement]

I have tried the

Form3.Show
Me.Hide

method but the first form wont even hide.

[m_wylie85]

so when you open the third form that would mean you would need to hide two form ? so try explicitly telling form one and two to hide.

[the5thelement]

Still does not work Form1 is still visible.

[brutalexcess]

Try this:

For Each frm As Form In My.Application.OpenForms
            If frm.Name = "Form1" Then
                frm.Hide()
            End If
        Next

[ToshNeox]

Does form 3 need to be constantly on top of all the other forms? If so, you could try the TopMost attribute.