Dave, if you take shivas suggestion to show the form as a dialog, it is good
practice to handle the dialogresult of the form (if applicable).... it is
something that gets overlooked a lot in the early days of Win Form
programming.
// Display the form as a modal dialog box.
form1.ShowDialo g();
// Determine if the OK button was clicked on the dialog box.
if (form1.DialogRe sult == DialogResult.OK )
{
// Display a message box indicating that the OK button was clicked.
MessageBox.Show ("The OK button on the form was clicked.");
// Optional: Call the Dispose method when you are finished with the
dialog box.
form1.Dispose() ;
}
else
{
// Display a message box indicating that the Cancel button was
clicked.
MessageBox.Show ("The Cancel button on the form was clicked.");
// Optional: Call the Dispose method when you are finished with the
dialog box.
form1.Dispose() ;
}
"Shiva" <sh******@onlin e.excite.com> wrote in message
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HelpForm hf = new HelpForm();
hf.Show(); // or hf.ShowDialog() to show it in modal form
"Dave Guenthner" <da***@guenthne rs.com> wrote in message
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I have a csharp form1.cs created with VS. I have added a menu bar
with one option called help. I then created another form in VS called
help.cs. How can I launch the help form from the main form called
form1.
Seems simple.
private void menuItem5_Click (object sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
// Menuitem5_Click is the help menu item user sees
// Call help.cs
help.Gives me a bunch of methods like ActiveForm etc
}
Any suggestions. Basically I want to design a "help" form in VS and
then call it from my main form.
Thanks,
Dave