Application Control Question

[Laszlo Szijarto]

I have an app which moves around between a series of forms. I don't want to
keep the forms open but hidden. I need to close them as I switch back and
forth from one form to another.

Unfortunately, if I start up my app with Application.Run (new formLogin()),
for example, as soon as the formLogin gets closed, the whole app exits.
Yet, if I start up as follows:

(new formLogin()).Sh ow();
Application.Run ();

if someone closes a form using the "X" (close) button, the App hangs out
there in memory. Now, if someone hits the "X" button, I want to call
Application.Exi t(). But the Closing and Closed events get called even if I
call this.Close(), and I don't know of any way to differentiate whether the
app was closed by the "X" button or a call to this.Close(). When it's done
via this.Close(), I want to close only the current form and not the entire
app. When it's done via the "X" button, I want to call Application.Exi t().

So far, the only way I've been able to accomplish this is to create a class
member called boolKillApplica tion, set to true by default. If I call
this.Close() in my code, I set boolKillApplica tion = false. In the Closed
event, then, I call Application.Exi t() if boolKillApplica tion.

I know this is just a workaround.

Can anyone suggest the RIGHT way to do this?

Thank you,
Laszlo