Visual Studio 2003 Menu on form.vb

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Phill Emery

hi can anyone please help me?

Im new to visual studio 2003 and im trying to create a program in visual
basic.
The problem is i have put a menu bar onto the first form, and have created
some other forms but cannot find any options to point from the menu to any
of the other forms i have created.

can anyone help me, as i would be very greatful

Thanks Phill
 
Phill Emery said:
hi can anyone please help me?

Im new to visual studio 2003 and im trying to create a program in
visual basic.
The problem is i have put a menu bar onto the first form, and have
created some other forms but cannot find any options to point from
the menu to any of the other forms i have created.

can anyone help me, as i would be very greatful
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Handle the menu's click event. In the event handler, open one of the Forms.

See also:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbconEventHandling.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbtskDisplayingModelessForm.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vaconEventsDelegatesInheritance.asp



Armin
 
Phill said:
hi can anyone please help me?

Im new to visual studio 2003 and im trying to create a program in visual
basic.
The problem is i have put a menu bar onto the first form, and have created
some other forms but cannot find any options to point from the menu to any
of the other forms i have created.

can anyone help me, as i would be very greatful

Thanks Phill
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What do you mean, "point from the menu to any other forms"

Are you asking how you open a new form from a menu item?

The menu item calls a function. In that function you can do whatever
you want, including opening a new form.

Dim NewForm as new FormType
NewForm.ShowDialog


When I create my menu I do something like (this if for a context menu)

////
RightClick.MenuItems.Add("&Edit", New EventHandler(AddressOf
EditRecord))
RightClick.MenuItems.Add("&New", New EventHandler(AddressOf
NewRecord))
RightClick.MenuItems.Add("&Delete", New EventHandler(AddressOf
DeleteRecord))
RightClick.MenuItems.Add("Re&conciled", New
EventHandler(AddressOf MarkasReconciled))
RightClick.MenuItems.Add("&Refresh", New EventHandler(AddressOf
RefreshData))
RightClick.MenuItems.Add("&Highlight", New
EventHandler(AddressOf Highlight))
\\\\

You see that I add an EventHandler that points to a function

Chris
 
yes i want to know how to open a new form from a menu item.

i have got this so far

Private Sub MenuItem6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem6.Click

Dim FilmsToGet As New Form

FilmsToGet.ShowDialog()

and want to link menu item 6 to a form called FilmsToGet.vb, but this isnt
working

and i get this error at the top of the page.

D:\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Film Database\Form1.vb(1): 'Class'
statement must end with a matching 'End Class'.


can you point me in the right direction please.

Phill
 
Phill Emery said:
yes i want to know how to open a new form from a menu item.

i have got this so far

Private Sub MenuItem6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem6.Click

Dim FilmsToGet As New Form

FilmsToGet.ShowDialog()

and want to link menu item 6 to a form called FilmsToGet.vb, but
this isnt working

and i get this error at the top of the page.

D:\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Film Database\Form1.vb(1):
'Class' statement must end with a matching 'End Class'.


can you point me in the right direction please.
Click to expand...


Maybe you only forgot the "End Sub" to close the Sub you've shown us above?


Armin
 
Phill said:
yes i want to know how to open a new form from a menu item.

i have got this so far

Private Sub MenuItem6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem6.Click

Dim FilmsToGet As New Form

FilmsToGet.ShowDialog()

and want to link menu item 6 to a form called FilmsToGet.vb, but this isnt
working

and i get this error at the top of the page.

D:\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Film Database\Form1.vb(1): 'Class'
statement must end with a matching 'End Class'.


can you point me in the right direction please.

Phill
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your logic for opening a form is fine, you have another problem in your
code. The error message is telling you that you don't have an End Class
at the bottom for your Form1 Class. If you can't figure it out, post
the code for Form1 in here so we can look at it.

Chris
 
its ok now i have redone the entire thing after you said the code i did was
fine, and it works now

Thanks for the help

Phill
 
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