Try placing the controls for each menu on a panel control and simply hide or
show the panel control that corresponds to each menu choice.
Or, since you do not have any sub-menu items, have you considered using the
tab control?
"Asad" <asadikhan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fdcee255.0411290900.7455bd28@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to write my first Windows application using VB.NET and I
> am having some difficulties designing the UI.
>
> Basically its one Windows Form with 4 menus on the top (no drop
> downs). When you click on any of the menu the UI changes. For instance
> clicking on the first menu shows a bunch of textboxes allowing the
> user to enter some information and click a button. The next menu will
> let user choose a file from a dropdown menu and display it in a rich
> text box. Etc.
>
> The way I am thinking of doing it right now is have one form, and have
> functions that display/hide the different controls when each menu is
> clicked. So when someone clicks the second menu, I call the hide
> display routines of the other three menus to hide the controls that
> make up the UI for those three menus. The problem with this is that
> since I have one form basically, my UI in the VS.NET is going to look
> very ugly even if it looks clean to the user.
>
> My other approach is to use multiple forms. However, I don't want to
> pop up new windows for each menu. I just want the working space to
> change. If in the backdrop that means switching between different
> forms, I am ok with that, as long as the user does not see multiple
> forms popping up etc. How do I do that?
>
> It seems pretty simple but I just can't get my head around it. I have
> not developed any complex windows applications in any VB flavour
> before so this is all a little new to me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Asad[/color]
