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I'm guessing form1's Visible property is false.
In that case it won't redraw its controls, even though it actually
is visible.

If you can find a way to set Form1->Visible to true and perhaps
call its Application->Restore at the time the form is shown,
I think it will work properly.

Troels


HuangC wrote in message <3f03f89d$1@newsgroups.borland.com>...
>hi all,
>
>a strange question,
>I created a simple application with only one window named Form1,
>the form's WindowState has been set to wsMinimized,
>then add some simple controls on it.
>this is the first instance.
>
>in another instance
>create a simple application with only one window too(named Form2),
>I add three button on it, the following three line
>is the event handle function of each button.
>HWND hWnd = FindWindow(NULL, "Form1"); if (hWnd != NULL)
>
>SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MAXIMIZE, 0);// Button1OnClick
>SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MINIMIZE, 0);// Button2OnClick
>SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_RESTORE, 0); // Button3OnClick
>
>when the first instance run, it was minimized automatical,
>don't hit it from the taskbar, run the second program,
>Click button1 or button2, the form1 will maximize or restore,
>but the controls added before were disappeared.
>however if i hit the iconic in the taskbar, it's OK, Why?
>
>Another similar question,
>Don't set the WindowState wsMinimized first,
>the other conditions were same as above,
>
>click button2 first in form2, form1 minimized ok,
>click button1 or button3 in form2, form1 maximized or restore ok,
>click button2 again, failed, do not respond,
>even click the minimize button in the title bar, why?
>
>WinXP Profession/P4 1.8G/512M
>
>do you meet the same things?