Problem with Windows Form called from SAP

Question

I have a simple VB.NET windows form that I'm calling from a new menu click event from within SAP.
The form loads, as expected, when the menu item is clicked, but the form will always load outside of the SAP window and thus cannot be seen by the user unless they see it in their toolbar.
Has anyone run into this in the past?  I would normally use the UI-API, but this is a form from another program that can't use the UI-API.
I've also tested this with simple test forms with another test project and get the same results.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Answer 1

This isn't merely a matter of viewing <i>new</i> windows.
When the SBO window is active and in full screen mode and one switches, using the task bar, to another application, more often than not the other application's window won't be displayed, or will be displayed but partially. One has to deactivate and re-activate the second window to see it correctly.
It's the whole bloody SBO graphical engine that's bogus, if you ask me. Talk about reforging <i>that</i> to a profit-oriented company...
@Marc Roussel:
BTW, System.Windows.Forms.Form#ShowDialog() is a blocking method, AFAIK. So the following statements won't be executed ere the "dialog"'s closed.
But this doesn't change the problem. The Activate() and BringToFront() don't help resolve the matter, in my experience. Sometimes the new form will appear on Z-top, sometimes it won't. Or maybe the true problem is that the window <i>is</i> on top, but doesn't get painted.
ADDENDUM:
Come to think of it, it might be worth a try to programmatically iconify/deiconify the new window. Something along the lines of:
Dim f as Form = ...
f.Show()
Application.DoEvents()
f.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized
Application.DoEvents()
f.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
Application.DoEvents()
(all in System.Windows.Forms Namespace)