Bring to forward window when minimized

Question

I want to know how to bring forward a particular window. SetForegroundWindow works when the window is not minimized!! but when a minimize the window, SetForegroundWindow doe

Answer 1

You can check to see if the window is minimized using the IsIconic() API, then use ShowWindow() to restore it:

public const int SW_RESTORE = 9;

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool IsIconic(IntPtr handle);

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr handle, int nCmdShow);

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr handle);

private void BringToForeground(IntPtr extHandle)
{
    if (IsIconic(extHandle))
    {
        ShowWindow(extHandle, SW_RESTORE);
    }
    SetForegroundWindow(extHandle);
}