"mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> Hi
>
> Can't get my head round something which I reckon should be simple.
>
> My app has a main form (frmMain). MdiContainer set to true.
> A menu item triggers a new form (frmSelect) whose parent is frmMain
> Button on frmSelect triggers a new form (frmReport) whose parent
> also needs to be frmMain
>
> When frmReport loads and displays I don't want user to see
> frmSelect, but I don't want to close it.
>
> When frmReport closes I want to re-display frmSelect so user can
> make new selection for report or close Select form
>
> My code so far is
>
> On frmMain .......
>
>    Private Sub mnuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
> As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuItem1.Click
>        Dim f1 As New frmSelec
>        f1.MdiParent = Me
>        f1.Show()
>     End Sub
>
> On frmSelect .......
>
>    Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
> As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
>        Dim f2 As New frmReport
>        Me.Visible = False
>        f2.MdiParent = ActiveForm
>        f2.Show()
>    End Sub
>
> What do I need to put on the "closed" event of frmReport to get
> frmSelect to become visible again. And have I used the best method
> of setting the parent form for frmReport. I had to make frmSelect
> invisible to get the frmMain as the active form to set it as the
> parent form. Otherwise a line "f2.mdiparent = me" was trying to set
> frmSelect as the parent for frmReport

"Armin Zingler" wrote:

> "mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> > Hi
> >
> > Can't get my head round something which I reckon should be simple.
> >
> > My app has a main form (frmMain). MdiContainer set to true.
> > A menu item triggers a new form (frmSelect) whose parent is frmMain
> > Button on frmSelect triggers a new form (frmReport) whose parent
> > also needs to be frmMain
> >
> > When frmReport loads and displays I don't want user to see
> > frmSelect, but I don't want to close it.
> >
> > When frmReport closes I want to re-display frmSelect so user can
> > make new selection for report or close Select form
> >
> > My code so far is
> >
> > On frmMain .......
> >
> >    Private Sub mnuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
> > As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuItem1.Click
> >        Dim f1 As New frmSelec
> >        f1.MdiParent = Me
> >        f1.Show()
> >     End Sub
> >
> > On frmSelect .......
> >
> >    Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
> > As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
> >        Dim f2 As New frmReport
> >        Me.Visible = False
> >        f2.MdiParent = ActiveForm
> >        f2.Show()
> >    End Sub
> >
> > What do I need to put on the "closed" event of frmReport to get
> > frmSelect to become visible again. And have I used the best method
> > of setting the parent form for frmReport. I had to make frmSelect
> > invisible to get the frmMain as the active form to set it as the
> > parent form. Otherwise a line "f2.mdiparent = me" was trying to set
> > frmSelect as the parent for frmReport
>
>
> Use f2.mdiparent = me.Mdiparent instead.
>
> In frmMain, hold the references to frmSelect and frmReport in two fields.
> Don't use the local variable f1 in mnuItem1_Click but the field in frmMain.
> Same with frmReport: In Button4_click, raise an event notifying the
> MDIparent that either frmReport has been opened, or that the MDIparent is to
> open frmReport on it's own. If you do the former, pass the reference to the
> new form along. In both cases, store the reference to frmReport in a field
> in frmMain. Now that you have the reference, you can handle frmReport's
> closing event. There you can reopen or reshow frmSelect. In addition,
> handled both Form's closed event to set the references to Nothing.
>
>
> Armin
>
>

"mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
>
> "Armin Zingler" wrote:
>
> > "mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Can't get my head round something which I reckon should be
> > > simple.
> > >
> > > My app has a main form (frmMain). MdiContainer set to true.
> > > A menu item triggers a new form (frmSelect) whose parent is
> > > frmMain Button on frmSelect triggers a new form (frmReport)
> > > whose parent
> > > also needs to be frmMain
> > >
> > > When frmReport loads and displays I don't want user to see
> > > frmSelect, but I don't want to close it.
> > >
> > > When frmReport closes I want to re-display frmSelect so user can
> > > make new selection for report or close Select form
> > >
> > > My code so far is
> > >
> > > On frmMain .......
> > >
> > >    Private Sub mnuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
> > > ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuItem1.Click
> > >        Dim f1 As New frmSelec
> > >        f1.MdiParent = Me
> > >        f1.Show()
> > >     End Sub
> > >
> > > On frmSelect .......
> > >
> > >    Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
> > > ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
> > >        Dim f2 As New frmReport
> > >        Me.Visible = False
> > >        f2.MdiParent = ActiveForm
> > >        f2.Show()
> > >    End Sub
> > >
> > > What do I need to put on the "closed" event of frmReport to get
> > > frmSelect to become visible again. And have I used the best
> > > method of setting the parent form for frmReport. I had to make
> > > frmSelect invisible to get the frmMain as the active form to set
> > > it as the
> > > parent form. Otherwise a line "f2.mdiparent = me" was trying to
> > > set frmSelect as the parent for frmReport
> >
> >
> > Use f2.mdiparent = me.Mdiparent instead.
> >
> > In frmMain, hold the references to frmSelect and frmReport in two
> > fields. Don't use the local variable f1 in mnuItem1_Click but the
> > field in frmMain. Same with frmReport: In Button4_click, raise an
> > event notifying the MDIparent that either frmReport has been
> > opened, or that the MDIparent is to open frmReport on it's own. If
> > you do the former, pass the reference to the new form along. In
> > both cases, store the reference to frmReport in a field in
> > frmMain. Now that you have the reference, you can handle
> > frmReport's closing event. There you can reopen or reshow
> > frmSelect. In addition, handled both Form's closed event to set
> > the references to Nothing.
>
> Thanks for this. The solution to setting the mdiparent worked.
>
> I expect the main suggestion also works but I haven't a clue how to
> put together what you propose ...... and I should know but somehow
> I've got a mental block with forms in vb.net.
>
> If I understand I should have two (invisible?) text boxes on
> frmMain? But how do I get them to reference frmSelect and frmReport
> as you suggest. And do I use these references to create a "new"
> instance of my form as I would with "dim f1 as new frmSelect"
>
> Sorry I know I'm being "thick" but since I tried to move from vb6 to
> vb.net I just cannot grasp how to work with my forms..... even when
> helpful users such as yourself point me in the right direction

"Armin Zingler" wrote:

> "mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> >
> > "Armin Zingler" wrote:
> >
> > > "mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Can't get my head round something which I reckon should be
> > > > simple.
> > > >
> > > > My app has a main form (frmMain). MdiContainer set to true.
> > > > A menu item triggers a new form (frmSelect) whose parent is
> > > > frmMain Button on frmSelect triggers a new form (frmReport)
> > > > whose parent
> > > > also needs to be frmMain
> > > >
> > > > When frmReport loads and displays I don't want user to see
> > > > frmSelect, but I don't want to close it.
> > > >
> > > > When frmReport closes I want to re-display frmSelect so user can
> > > > make new selection for report or close Select form
> > > >
> > > > My code so far is
> > > >
> > > > On frmMain .......
> > > >
> > > >    Private Sub mnuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
> > > > ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuItem1.Click
> > > >        Dim f1 As New frmSelec
> > > >        f1.MdiParent = Me
> > > >        f1.Show()
> > > >     End Sub
> > > >
> > > > On frmSelect .......
> > > >
> > > >    Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
> > > > ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
> > > >        Dim f2 As New frmReport
> > > >        Me.Visible = False
> > > >        f2.MdiParent = ActiveForm
> > > >        f2.Show()
> > > >    End Sub
> > > >
> > > > What do I need to put on the "closed" event of frmReport to get
> > > > frmSelect to become visible again. And have I used the best
> > > > method of setting the parent form for frmReport. I had to make
> > > > frmSelect invisible to get the frmMain as the active form to set
> > > > it as the
> > > > parent form. Otherwise a line "f2.mdiparent = me" was trying to
> > > > set frmSelect as the parent for frmReport
> > >
> > >
> > > Use f2.mdiparent = me.Mdiparent instead.
> > >
> > > In frmMain, hold the references to frmSelect and frmReport in two
> > > fields. Don't use the local variable f1 in mnuItem1_Click but the
> > > field in frmMain. Same with frmReport: In Button4_click, raise an
> > > event notifying the MDIparent that either frmReport has been
> > > opened, or that the MDIparent is to open frmReport on it's own. If
> > > you do the former, pass the reference to the new form along. In
> > > both cases, store the reference to frmReport in a field in
> > > frmMain. Now that you have the reference, you can handle
> > > frmReport's closing event. There you can reopen or reshow
> > > frmSelect. In addition, handled both Form's closed event to set
> > > the references to Nothing.
> >
> > Thanks for this. The solution to setting the mdiparent worked.
> >
> > I expect the main suggestion also works but I haven't a clue how to
> > put together what you propose ...... and I should know but somehow
> > I've got a mental block with forms in vb.net.
> >
> > If I understand I should have two (invisible?) text boxes on
> > frmMain? But how do I get them to reference frmSelect and frmReport
> > as you suggest. And do I use these references to create a "new"
> > instance of my form as I would with "dim f1 as new frmSelect"
> >
> > Sorry I know I'm being "thick" but since I tried to move from vb6 to
> > vb.net I just cannot grasp how to work with my forms..... even when
> > helpful users such as yourself point me in the right direction
>
> No, no textboxes. Variables at class level are called "fields":
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpcontypemembers.asp
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vbconProperties.asp
>
>
> What I meant was:
>
> frmMain:
>    Private WithEvents ReportForm As frmReport
>    Private WithEvents SelectForm As frmSelect
>
>    Private Sub Button1_Click( _
>       ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
>       Handles Button1.Click
>
>       SelectForm = New frmSelect
>       SelectForm.MdiParent = Me
>       SelectForm.Show()
>
>    End Sub
>
>    Private Sub SelectForm_Closed( _
>       ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
>       Handles SelectForm.Closed
>
>       SelectForm = Nothing
>
>    End Sub
>    Private Sub ReportForm_Closed( _
>       ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
>       Handles ReportForm.Closed
>
>       SelectForm.Show()
>       ReportForm = Nothing
>
>    End Sub
>    Private Sub SelectForm_ReportOpened( _
>       ByVal Form As frmReport) _
>       Handles SelectForm.ReportOpened
>
>       ReportForm = Form
>
>    End Sub
>
>
> frmSelect:
>
>    Public Event ReportOpened(ByVal Form As frmReport)
>
>    Private Sub Button1_Click( _
>       ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
>       Handles Button1.Click
>
>       Dim f As New frmReport
>       f.MdiParent = Me.MdiParent
>       f.Show()
>       RaiseEvent ReportOpened(f)
>
>    End Sub
>
>
> I didn't pay attention on frmSelect being closed. Of course, this is only
> one possible approach - such solutions are often very individual and depend
> on many black horses.
>
>
> Armin
>
>

"Armin Zingler" wrote:

> "mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> >
> > "Armin Zingler" wrote:
> >
> > > "mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Can't get my head round something which I reckon should be
> > > > simple.
> > > >
> > > > My app has a main form (frmMain). MdiContainer set to true.
> > > > A menu item triggers a new form (frmSelect) whose parent is
> > > > frmMain Button on frmSelect triggers a new form (frmReport)
> > > > whose parent
> > > > also needs to be frmMain
> > > >
> > > > When frmReport loads and displays I don't want user to see
> > > > frmSelect, but I don't want to close it.
> > > >
> > > > When frmReport closes I want to re-display frmSelect so user can
> > > > make new selection for report or close Select form
> > > >
> > > > My code so far is
> > > >
> > > > On frmMain .......
> > > >
> > > >    Private Sub mnuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
> > > > ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuItem1.Click
> > > >        Dim f1 As New frmSelec
> > > >        f1.MdiParent = Me
> > > >        f1.Show()
> > > >     End Sub
> > > >
> > > > On frmSelect .......
> > > >
> > > >    Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
> > > > ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
> > > >        Dim f2 As New frmReport
> > > >        Me.Visible = False
> > > >        f2.MdiParent = ActiveForm
> > > >        f2.Show()
> > > >    End Sub
> > > >
> > > > What do I need to put on the "closed" event of frmReport to get
> > > > frmSelect to become visible again. And have I used the best
> > > > method of setting the parent form for frmReport. I had to make
> > > > frmSelect invisible to get the frmMain as the active form to set
> > > > it as the
> > > > parent form. Otherwise a line "f2.mdiparent = me" was trying to
> > > > set frmSelect as the parent for frmReport
> > >
> > >
> > > Use f2.mdiparent = me.Mdiparent instead.
> > >
> > > In frmMain, hold the references to frmSelect and frmReport in two
> > > fields. Don't use the local variable f1 in mnuItem1_Click but the
> > > field in frmMain. Same with frmReport: In Button4_click, raise an
> > > event notifying the MDIparent that either frmReport has been
> > > opened, or that the MDIparent is to open frmReport on it's own. If
> > > you do the former, pass the reference to the new form along. In
> > > both cases, store the reference to frmReport in a field in
> > > frmMain. Now that you have the reference, you can handle
> > > frmReport's closing event. There you can reopen or reshow
> > > frmSelect. In addition, handled both Form's closed event to set
> > > the references to Nothing.
> >
> > Thanks for this. The solution to setting the mdiparent worked.
> >
> > I expect the main suggestion also works but I haven't a clue how to
> > put together what you propose ...... and I should know but somehow
> > I've got a mental block with forms in vb.net.
> >
> > If I understand I should have two (invisible?) text boxes on
> > frmMain? But how do I get them to reference frmSelect and frmReport
> > as you suggest. And do I use these references to create a "new"
> > instance of my form as I would with "dim f1 as new frmSelect"
> >
> > Sorry I know I'm being "thick" but since I tried to move from vb6 to
> > vb.net I just cannot grasp how to work with my forms..... even when
> > helpful users such as yourself point me in the right direction
>
> No, no textboxes. Variables at class level are called "fields":
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpcontypemembers.asp
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vbconProperties.asp
>
>
> What I meant was:
>
> frmMain:
>    Private WithEvents ReportForm As frmReport
>    Private WithEvents SelectForm As frmSelect
>
>    Private Sub Button1_Click( _
>       ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
>       Handles Button1.Click
>
>       SelectForm = New frmSelect
>       SelectForm.MdiParent = Me
>       SelectForm.Show()
>
>    End Sub
>
>    Private Sub SelectForm_Closed( _
>       ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
>       Handles SelectForm.Closed
>
>       SelectForm = Nothing
>
>    End Sub
>    Private Sub ReportForm_Closed( _
>       ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
>       Handles ReportForm.Closed
>
>       SelectForm.Show()
>       ReportForm = Nothing
>
>    End Sub
>    Private Sub SelectForm_ReportOpened( _
>       ByVal Form As frmReport) _
>       Handles SelectForm.ReportOpened
>
>       ReportForm = Form
>
>    End Sub
>
>
> frmSelect:
>
>    Public Event ReportOpened(ByVal Form As frmReport)
>
>    Private Sub Button1_Click( _
>       ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
>       Handles Button1.Click
>
>       Dim f As New frmReport
>       f.MdiParent = Me.MdiParent
>       f.Show()
>       RaiseEvent ReportOpened(f)
>
>    End Sub
>
>
> I didn't pay attention on frmSelect being closed. Of course, this is only
> one possible approach - such solutions are often very individual and depend
> on many black horses.
>
>
> Armin
>
>

"mabond" <mab***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7803CE2B-7D15-48E7-9A2B-69946F71BC73@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Can't get my head round something which I reckon should be simple.
>
> My app has a main form (frmMain). MdiContainer set to true.
> A menu item triggers a new form (frmSelect) whose parent is frmMain
> Button on frmSelect triggers a new form (frmReport) whose parent also
needs
> to be frmMain
>
> When frmReport loads and displays I don't want user to see frmSelect, but
I
> don't want to close it.
>
> When frmReport closes I want to re-display frmSelect so user can make new
> selection for report or close Select form
>
> My code so far is
>
> On frmMain .......
>
>     Private Sub mnuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles mnuItem1.Click
>         Dim f1 As New frmSelec
>         f1.MdiParent = Me
>         f1.Show()
>      End Sub
>
> On frmSelect .......
>
>     Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
>         Dim f2 As New frmReport
>         Me.Visible = False
>         f2.MdiParent = ActiveForm
>         f2.Show()
>     End Sub
>
> What do I need to put on the "closed" event of frmReport to get frmSelect
to
> become visible again. And have I used the best method of setting the
parent
> form for frmReport. I had to make frmSelect invisible to get the frmMain
as
> the active form to set it as the parent form. Otherwise a line
"f2.mdiparent
> = me" was trying to set frmSelect as the parent for frmReport
>
> Thanks in anticipation
>
> Regards
>
> Michael Bond