Make a window inactive when another window is being displayed

[Guest]

Hello. I'm using Visual Basic .NET.

How can I make a window inactive when another windows is being displayed?

For instance, if the user clicks a menu item, a button or whatever, a new
window is displayed and the user cannot do anything with the original window
until he or she closes the newly displayed window.

Take Visual Studio as an example, if you open the Option window from Tools >
Options, then you can't work in the main Visual Studio environment until you
close Option.

Thanks.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Jeff,

Show your second form as dialogform

\\\
dim frm as new form2
frm.text = "name of form"
frm.showdialog
dim myval as string = frm.textbox1
frm.dispose
///

I hope this helps?

Cor

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

How can I make a window inactive when another windows is being displayed?

Show your form modally:

\\\
Dim f As New OptionsForm()
f.ShowDialog() ' Returns when the form is closed.
f.Dispose()
///

 

[Guest]

I see.
Thanks very much!

Xero

Jeff,

Show your second form as dialogform

\\\
dim frm as new form2
frm.text = "name of form"
frm.showdialog
dim myval as string = frm.textbox1
frm.dispose
///

I hope this helps?

Cor