Open and Savefile dialogs behind SAP

Hi all...
I know that showing open and save file dialog have allways been a problem in SBO Addons. A few years back this was a discussed topic at the SDN, and back then the solutions was to use a Winforms TopMost property
Sample:
System.Windows.Forms.Form winForm = new System.Windows.Forms.Form();
System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog ofd = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();
winForm.TopMost = true;
if (ofd.ShowDialog(winForm) == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
{ /* do stuff */ }
At that time this did work, but my experiance is that with the current versions (SP01) this workaround tend not to work...
Anyone have had the same problem, and perhaps found a new workaround?

I dont know if my problem is the same but looks like it
I'm using a Windows Form of my own and here's my code
        BubbleEvent = false;
        if (ActivateCFQMenu)
            if ((pVal.MenuUID == "Criteria") & (pVal.BeforeAction == true))
                CFQAddon.frmInvoiceScouring InvoiceScouringForm = new CFQAddon.frmInvoiceScouring();
                System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents();
                InvoiceScouringForm.ShowDialog();
                InvoiceScouringForm.Activate();
Once the form is loaded, it doesn't popup in front of SAP but behind so I have to click on the TaskBar to show it.
I'm trying all kind of things, DoEvents TopMost etc..etc..etc
No result yet !

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