Any way to detect when entire application loses focus?

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Reef - 28 Feb 2005 16:35 GMT

Hi everyone,

Is there any way through a p/invoke or otherwise to detect when an
application entirely loses focus and something else pops up like let's say
you are using IE and then click start --> Contacts, the IE window is pushed
to the back.

If I were the IE program would I be able to tell when I've been pushed back
like that?

Thanks!

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Peter Foot [MVP] - 28 Feb 2005 16:58 GMT

Use the Deactivate event on your form

Peter

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> Thanks!

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Reef - 28 Feb 2005 20:03 GMT

Hi Peter,

I should clarify a bit. Is there a way to know when my application loses
focus to another application. Wouldn't the deactivated event fire even when I
was switching between forms in my app?

So my question is how do I know when my app loses focus entirely instead of
just a single form? Is this possible?

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