Window Losses Focus C# application

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Hello,
I have created an bar-code reader application. There is window which awaits for input in the text box from bar-code reader and then process the i/p and display the success message in List-box.

All is working fine, but some time automatically the window looses focus (because of background/updating processes of OS) and the i/p from bar-code reader cannot reach the text-box causing a complete failure.

Is there any way, so that i can program that window to never loose focus?

SetForegroundWindow() can it help? how can i implement this?

help appreciated!

Posted 8-Jul-13 7:06am

prathameshpitale

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Akbar Ali Hussain · Answer 1 · 2013-07-08T07:38:00

Solution 1

You can add a timer to the form and in Tick event set the form as a foreground window. SetForegroundWindow() is explained in the following post.

How to bring window to top with SetForegroundWindow()[^]

Posted 8-Jul-13 7:38am

Akbar Ali Hussain

Richard.Berry100 · Answer 2 · 2013-07-08T09:01:00

Solution 2

You could try the Leave event

C#

private void txtTranUser1_Leave(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
           this.txtTranUser1.Focus();
       }

Posted 8-Jul-13 9:01am

Richard.Berry100

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prathameshpitale 8-Jul-13 22:11pm

No, its not that textbox looses focus. The complete window looses focus.
I have used the leave event. that helps when user try to change the focus.

Richard.Berry100 9-Jul-13 14:57pm

Sincere apologies - I did not read your question properly. Just out of interest though, I've done some very similar apps, why does the WINDOW lose focus?

prathameshpitale 15-Jul-13 1:13am

Suppose windows update process is running, and automatically a dialog pops out or any notification from OS or other application the windows looses focus.

Richard.Berry100 17-Jul-13 17:43pm

I suppose something as setting the TopMost property of the form to true wont help?