Form that is not a top-level form cannot be displayed as a modal dialog box error

active,

MDI Child forms cannot be shown modally. If you need to use ShowDialog with
a form, you must make sure the form is not an MDI Child form.

Kerry Moorman


"active" wrote:

> At the statement:
>
> FormEdit.ShowDialog()
>
> I get the following:
>
>
> Form that is not a top-level form cannot be displayed as a modal dialog box.
> Remove the form from any parent form before calling showDialog.
>
> For lack of a good plan I tried:
> FormEdit.Parent = Nothing
>
> FormEdit.ShowDialog()
>
>
>
> But that did not fix it.
>
> The control that is doing the creation (the New) is on a form that is a Mdi
> child.
>
>
>
> Got any idea at all as to what I could do?
>
> The only reason to ShowDialog is to insure the user does not use other forms
> that are open.
>
>
>
> thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

On Mar 14, 9:10 am, " active" <activeNOS...@a-znet.com> wrote:
> "Kerry Moorman" <KerryMoor...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:6EF76A54-2DB0-4A02-BD5D-7F50F23FB606@microsoft.com...
>
> > active,
>
> > MDI Child forms cannot be shown modally. If you need to use ShowDialog
> > with
> > a form, you must make sure the form is not an MDI Child form.
>
> The control that is doing the creation (the New) is on a form that is a Mdi
> child. The created form is not a child.
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> > Kerry Moorman
>
> > "active" wrote:
>
> >> At the statement:
>
> >> FormEdit.ShowDialog()
>
> >> I get the following:
>
> >> Form that is not a top-level form cannot be displayed as a modal dialog
> >> box.
> >> Remove the form from any parent form before calling showDialog.
>
> >> For lack of a good plan I tried:
> >> FormEdit.Parent = Nothing
>
> >> FormEdit.ShowDialog()
>
> >> But that did not fix it.
>
> >> The control that is doing the creation (the New) is on a form that is a
> >> Mdi
> >> child.
>
> >> Got any idea at all as to what I could do?
>
> >> The only reason to ShowDialog is to insure the user does not use other
> >> forms
> >> that are open.
>
> >> thanks in advance

Try setting the form's TopLevel property to True before you show it.

Chris

At the statement:

FormEdit.ShowDialog()

I get the following:


Form that is not a top-level form cannot be displayed as a modal dialog box.
Remove the form from any parent form before calling showDialog.

For lack of a good plan I tried:
FormEdit.Parent = Nothing

FormEdit.ShowDialog()



But that did not fix it.

The control that is doing the creation (the New) is on a form that is a Mdi
child.



Got any idea at all as to what I could do?

The only reason to ShowDialog is to insure the user does not use other forms
that are open.



thanks in advance

"Kerry Moorman" <KerryMoorman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6EF76A54-2DB0-4A02-BD5D-7F50F23FB606@microsoft.com...
> active,
>
> MDI Child forms cannot be shown modally. If you need to use ShowDialog
> with
> a form, you must make sure the form is not an MDI Child form.

The control that is doing the creation (the New) is on a form that is a Mdi
child. The created form is not a child.


thanks




>
> Kerry Moorman
>
>
> "active" wrote:
>
>> At the statement:
>>
>> FormEdit.ShowDialog()
>>
>> I get the following:
>>
>>
>> Form that is not a top-level form cannot be displayed as a modal dialog
>> box.
>> Remove the form from any parent form before calling showDialog.
>>
>> For lack of a good plan I tried:
>> FormEdit.Parent = Nothing
>>
>> FormEdit.ShowDialog()
>>
>>
>>
>> But that did not fix it.
>>
>> The control that is doing the creation (the New) is on a form that is a
>> Mdi
>> child.
>>
>>
>>
>> Got any idea at all as to what I could do?
>>
>> The only reason to ShowDialog is to insure the user does not use other
>> forms
>> that are open.
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

"Chris Dunaway" <dunawayc@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1173880500.424083.165830@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 14, 9:10 am, " active" <activeNOS...@a-znet.com> wrote:
>> "Kerry Moorman" <KerryMoor...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:6EF76A54-2DB0-4A02-BD5D-7F50F23FB606@microsoft.com...
>>
>> > active,
>>
>> > MDI Child forms cannot be shown modally. If you need to use ShowDialog
>> > with
>> > a form, you must make sure the form is not an MDI Child form.
>>
>> The control that is doing the creation (the New) is on a form that is a
>> Mdi
>> child. The created form is not a child.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> > Kerry Moorman
>>
>> > "active" wrote:
>>
>> >> At the statement:
>>
>> >> FormEdit.ShowDialog()
>>
>> >> I get the following:
>>
>> >> Form that is not a top-level form cannot be displayed as a modal
>> >> dialog
>> >> box.
>> >> Remove the form from any parent form before calling showDialog.
>>
>> >> For lack of a good plan I tried:
>> >> FormEdit.Parent = Nothing
>>
>> >> FormEdit.ShowDialog()
>>
>> >> But that did not fix it.
>>
>> >> The control that is doing the creation (the New) is on a form that is
>> >> a
>> >> Mdi
>> >> child.
>>
>> >> Got any idea at all as to what I could do?
>>
>> >> The only reason to ShowDialog is to insure the user does not use other
>> >> forms
>> >> that are open.
>>
>> >> thanks in advance
>
> Try setting the form's TopLevel property to True before you show it.
>
> Chris
>


You did it again, that did it
I had to leave
FormEdit.Parent = Nothing
or it wouldn't let me set TopLevel

thanks