"BobAchgill" <BobAchg***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I want to include a form and it's code that resides in another
> solution/project into my current solution such that I can Display said
> form
> as a modeless dialog of my main form.
>
> How is best to get that form and code into my main solution?
>
> After you tell me how to do that...
>
> Will it be a problem that both forms are called form1?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob

"Mike McIntyre" wrote:

> Having two forms with the same name in the same project won't work.
>
> Here is an approach for adding an existing Form to a project.
>
> 1. Rename the form in the source project. (Only when it has the same name as
> a form in your main project.)
>
> 2. Then, from the destination project right click the name of the project in
> the Solution Explorer panel and select Add -> Existing Item...
>
> 3. An 'Add Existing Item' dialog will open. Use it to navigate to the source
> project directory.
>
> 4. Find the files for the Form you wish to pull into the destination
> project.  There will be three, each with the same name but with different
> file extensions (.vb, .resx, .designer.vb).
>
> 5. Select all three then click the Add button.  The form is added to your
> main project.
>
> As far as showing the form you imported as a modeless dialog from your main
> form:
>
> When you call the form use [Form].ShowDialog instead of [From].Show.
>
> --
> Mike
>
> Mike McIntyre [MVP]
> http://www.getdotnetcode.com
>
>
> "BobAchgill" <BobAchg***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D7D7586C-16C9-4093-94F8-DC904E9808F9@microsoft.com...
> >I want to include a form and it's code that resides in another
> > solution/project into my current solution such that I can Display said
> > form
> > as a modeless dialog of my main form.
> >
> > How is best to get that form and code into my main solution?
> >
> > After you tell me how to do that...
> >
> > Will it be a problem that both forms are called form1?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Bob
>
>
>

"BobAchgill" wrote:

> Mike.
>
> After I do these steps all I get is a blank form resulting from STEP 3.  Can
> you see what I am doing wrong?  I even tried just adding a new form2 directly
> in the project and tried calling it but still only got a blank form come up. 
> Maybe I am not qualifying the form correctly in the statement...
>   RenamedForm.ShowDialog()
>
>
>
> STEP 1: Rename the Form in source project
>
> Right click on Form1 -> Properties rename -> "RenamedForm"
>
>
> STEP 2: From destination project add the RenamedForm from the source project
>
> Project -> Add -> Add existing item -> browse and select and open:
> RenamedForm.vb
> RenamedForm.resx
>
> ***NOTE - Only found two files to select
>
> ***NOTE - I had to change all occurances of "Form1" in code of RenamedForm
> from Form1 to RenamedForm since they seemed to be conflicting with the real
> form 1.  I guess I should have done that as a part of step 1??
>
>
> STEP 3: In the code of Form1 call RenamedForm using a button click:
>
>
>  Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
>
>
>         ' Create an instance of the form to be owned.
>         Dim RenamedForm As New Form
>         ' Set the text of the form to identify it is an owned form.
>         RenamedForm.Text = "Owned Form"
>         ' Add RenamedForm to array of owned forms.
>         Me.AddOwnedForm(RenamedForm)
>         ' Show the owned form.
>         RenamedForm.ShowDialog()
>
>  End Sub
>
>
>
> "Mike McIntyre" wrote:
>
> > Having two forms with the same name in the same project won't work.
> >
> > Here is an approach for adding an existing Form to a project.
> >
> > 1. Rename the form in the source project. (Only when it has the same name as
> > a form in your main project.)
> >
> > 2. Then, from the destination project right click the name of the project in
> > the Solution Explorer panel and select Add -> Existing Item...
> >
> > 3. An 'Add Existing Item' dialog will open. Use it to navigate to the source
> > project directory.
> >
> > 4. Find the files for the Form you wish to pull into the destination
> > project.  There will be three, each with the same name but with different
> > file extensions (.vb, .resx, .designer.vb).
> >
> > 5. Select all three then click the Add button.  The form is added to your
> > main project.
> >
> > As far as showing the form you imported as a modeless dialog from your main
> > form:
> >
> > When you call the form use [Form].ShowDialog instead of [From].Show.
> >
> > --
> > Mike
> >
> > Mike McIntyre [MVP]
> > http://www.getdotnetcode.com
> >
> >
> > "BobAchgill" <BobAchg***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:D7D7586C-16C9-4093-94F8-DC904E9808F9@microsoft.com...
> > >I want to include a form and it's code that resides in another
> > > solution/project into my current solution such that I can Display said
> > > form
> > > as a modeless dialog of my main form.
> > >
> > > How is best to get that form and code into my main solution?
> > >
> > > After you tell me how to do that...
> > >
> > > Will it be a problem that both forms are called form1?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Bob
> >
> >
> >