System.Windows.Forms.TextBox does not recieve all input

[dirk.westerdijk]

When I have the following code:

Form1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Form
Textbox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Form1.Controls.Add(Textbox1)
Form1.Show

The spacebar inputs are are going to Inventor instead of the text box. Is there a nice way to send all input to the form (while it has the focus)?

I now turn off all Inventor commands with the code below, but that feels quite rough:

ThisApplication.UserInterfaceManager.ActiveEnvironment.DisabledCommandTypes = 255

[WCrihfield · Accepted solution]

Hi @dirk.westerdijk.  Instead of using 'Form1.Show', use 'Form1.ShowDialog'.  When you do it that way, it is modal, so it retains focus until closed.

[dirk.westerdijk]

Thank you. Stacking dialogs on top of dialogs works as well I see, so this works entirely as I want. I just didn't realize what this function would do when I went through the API documentation.