Does anyone knows how to make VB knows that the user swap to another
application.  Form_Deactivate and Form_LostFocus fail to do so.

Thanks in advance

Louis Woo

Place a timer on the form and set it to fire every x milliseconds. In the
_Timer event, get the active window's hWnd using the GetActiveWindow API.
Then compare it to the .hWnd of your apps currently loaded form. If they
don't match, you're no longer the active app.

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in a timer event

Sub Timer1_Timer ()
active% = GetActiveWindow()
If active% <> Me.hWnd Then
you no longer got the focus do whatever
End If
End Sub

Curt