How do I unhide a form from one process in another process? C#

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In one process I open another. When the second process is started I hid the form from the first process. When the second process is done it needs to unhide the form in the first project.

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I have tried so many ways to approach this problem, I don't remember them all.

Posted 30-Jun-22 14:22pm

PaulaJoannAllen

Updated 2-Jul-22 9:23am

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[no name] 30-Jun-22 21:17pm

Put a timer in the first process; check if the second process is still running (poll) at an appropriate interval; when done, stop timer and unhide self / first.

PaulaJoannAllen 1-Jul-22 12:24pm

That won't work because the time the second .exe file runs depends on the operator.

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-02T09:23:00

Solution 1

You can use delegate to handle thread end.

See:
Creating threads and passing data at start time | Microsoft Docs[^]

Posted 2-Jul-22 9:23am

Maciej Los