OpenFileDialog is minimising parent form

Question

I'm using OpenFileDialog within a WinFormsapplication and I can't work out how to get the parent form to show after calling OpenFileDialog.ShowDialog().

The functionality is working fully as expected. The problem is that the form stays minimised to the system tray after the OpenFileDialog has been called, and I can't get it to show in its original position without manually opening the window from the tray.

Constructor

 public Simulator()
 {
     InitializeComponent();
     LoadMachine();
     ...
 }

Enclosing method

private void LoadMachine()
{
    ...        
    //LoadFile is the OpenFileDialog
    LoadFile.InitialDirectory = Application.StartupPath;
    if (LoadFile.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.OK) return;
    else
    {
        //some file IO stuff here
    }
}

I have tried using this.Focus(),this.BringToFront(), FormWindowState.Maximise and FormWindowState.Normal amongst others but nothing seems to restore the window. Google and SO have yielded no solutions for me. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try putting LoadMachine() in a Shown event for Simulator. The ShowDialog code is being run before the Form is shown.

Example:

    private void Simulator_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        LoadMachine();
    }