Problems showing another form when user activates the main form

[TheFoZ]

Hi I have a dialog form that has validation in it. If things are invalid, another window appears with the list of errors that they can double click on and be taken to the point of the error. What I would like to do is not have this error window appear in the taskbar and have the window appear when the main dialog regains focus. I've looked arround and tried this

    private void Form1\_Activated(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (newErrorForm != null)
        {
            newErrorForm.BringToFront();
            this.Focus();
        }
    }

but this causes the error window to always have focus even though I'm shifting it back to the main form. Is there a way to achieve this? Many Thanks

The FoZ

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TheFoZ wrote:

What I would like to do is not have this error window appear in the taskbar

There's an option "ShowInTaskbar" that stops that.

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[TheFoZ]

I know, that is what's causing the problem. To only way to get the form back is to minimise the windows until you find it again. I just want the user to click on the dialogs button in the task bar and both windows appear.

The FoZ