"Thorsten" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
news:O7mgT1kEHHA.3600@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> we have a (rather complex) .Net 1.0 CF application running on WindowsCE5.0
> (no PPC).
>
> To ensures that our app runs only once we use code based upon the
> OneInstance sample from gotdotnet UserSamples. This seems to work fine BUT
> bringing our application to the front doesn't always work:
> OurApp running
> ThirdPartyApp Launched
> OurApp started again => bring to front has no effect => *BUG*
>
> What Does work is:
> OurApp running
> ThirdPartyApp Launched
> SimpleFormApp Launched
> OurApp started again => bring to front works as expected !?!?!?
>
> SimpleFormApp is really just an application with a simple form.
>
> When using the sample apllication that comes with the OneInstance sample
> everything works just fine. One difference I note is that on the sample I
> see an "opening" and then a "closing" animation (growing/shrinking
> rectangles) which I don't see on our application.
>
> What is special about our main form is that it has the following settings:
> this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;
>
> this.ControlBox = false;
>
> this.MaximizeBox = false;
>
> this.MinimizeBox = false;
>
> this.WindowState = System.Windows.Forms.FormWindowState.Maximized;
>
> (but the OneInstance sample with the same settings works just fine, too)
>
> Any ideas?
> Thorsten
>
>