BUG: Visual Studio .NET macro dialog boxes appear behind the Visual Studio .NET IDE (312877)

RESOLUTION

You can use ALT+TAB to find dialog boxes.

You can also write a wrapper that fixes the problem, as in the following example. This codes uses the WinWrapper class to set the proper parent for any window that you display from a macro.

Public Class WinWrapper
    Implements System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window

    Overridable ReadOnly Property Handle() As System.IntPtr Implements
System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window.Handle
        Get
            Dim iptr As New System.IntPtr(DTE.MacrosIDE.MainWindow.HWnd)
            Return iptr
        End Get
    End Property
End Class
				

To see how a macro uses this Winwrapper sample, you can look at the AddClassicComRef() sample that comes with Visual Studio .NET.

1. On the Visual Studio .NET Tools menu, point to Macros, and then click Macro Explorer.
2. In the Macro Explorer window, double-click Samples to expand the list.
3. Double-click Utilities, and then find AddClassicComRef in the code that appears. You will see that it declares a WinWrapper pointer:

   Dim winptr As WinWrapper
   					

   Next, the code initializes the pointer:

   winptr = New WinWrapper()
   					

   The pointer is then passed to ShowDialog:

   If openfile.ShowDialog(winptr) = result.OK Then
   					

4. Change the preceding code line to:

   If openfile.ShowDialog() = result.OK Then
   					

   The dialog box will then appear behind the integrated development environment.