Bring excel to front

Hi
how can I bring excel to foreground when doing it not on the beginning. for example after having written some data in the sheet with activeX.
I tried to set the application to visible later in the sequence but the excel windows remains in the taskbar although it is blinking.
thanks for your help

Try the Excel application reference with the Property Node WindowState set to write -4137.
VBA: Application.WindowState = xlMinimized (-4140)
and Application.WindowState = xlMaximized (-4137)
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