From Form to Form

[tiger79]

Hi,
when I create an instance of o form inside of another form and use the
folowing command to show the 2nd form : form2.Show() it wont show the second
form untill i close the first one. I'd like to know if its possible to show
the second form directly (lets say on top of the other) without closing the
first one (because i still need to us it)...
Thanx...

 

[William Ryan eMVP]

Tiger:

Hide the first one and then just unhide it when you need it again. Also,
depedning on the sequence you could call form2 with ShowDialog() instead of
show().

HTH,

Bill

 

[Alex]

Hello,

William, a what if the Form1 contains Form2 (e.g. Form2.Parent == Form1) and
I call ShowDialog. I've noticed that it behaves a little strange. The Form2
becomes unaccessible ... I
It seems that when I invoke ShowDialog it opens 2 window: one is child of
Form1 and the second is Form2 as a dialog box...

Maybe it's important to say that Form1 is fullscreen window.

Are any ideas how to avoid this effect?

 

[tiger79]

when I try to Hide it when the 2nd form comes up the main menu (also the
heading) of the first one will remain visible untill i click somewhere on
the second form...
but it seems like ShowDialog works for me...
thanx

 

[William Ryan eMVP]

Alex, I haven't come across that but let me check it out and I'll get back
to you...sounds interesting.

 

[tiger79]

How can u make a relationship between 2 forms (just like ur saying one the
parent of the other) ???