Windows Form hiding after Open File Dialog Ok or Cancel

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Hi all,
As part of a new program, I need 2 forms and an openfiledialog. On Form1, a button event opens Form2. Form2 has an openfiledialog triggered by a button shown below.

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<pre> <span style="color:green Form1s button to open Form2
<span style="color:blue Private <span style="color:blue Sub Button1_Click(sender <span style="color:blue As System.Object, e <span style="color:blue As System.EventArgs) <span style="color:blue Handles Button1.Click
Form2.ShowDialog()
<span style="color:blue End <span style="color:blue Sub

<span style="color:green -------------------------

<span style="color:green Form2s Browse button to open the OpenFileDialog and check for result.
<span style="color:blue Private <span style="color:blue Sub browseButton_Click(sender <span style="color:blue As System.Object, e <span style="color:blue As System.EventArgs) <span style="color:blue Handles browseButton.Click
<span style="color:blue If OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK <span style="color:blue Then
TextBox1.Text = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
<span style="color:blue End <span style="color:blue If
<span style="color:blue End <span style="color:blue Sub
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However, it seems that because I use ShowDialog() when opening Form2, it hides after the openFileDialog is OK or cancel.
Is there anyway I can keep form2 shown after the openfiledialog is closed? I have tried Me.Show(), Me.BringToFront, and Me.Focus() in the browseButton.Click Event but cannot seem to focus the dialog.
This error does not occur when I change Form1s Button1.Click Event to Form2.<span style="text-decoration:underline Show(). So why does this "error" occur when I use showDialog?
Thanks,
- Jordan
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