Close Form

[Claudia Fong]

Hello everybody,

I have a Menu form where I have a button.

The user should click the button and the program should open another
form call register form. I want that when the program show the register
form, the menu form will close or hiden.

I use the close () method, but it close everything (both forms) but if i
use hide() method.. even when I close all the forms using the X button
in the right top corner, it seems to me that the program is still
running in the background, because I need to manually click on the stop
button that is in C# express 2005

Is there a way to close just the menu form???

In VB6 all I needed to do is call registerform.sh ow()
and menuform.close( )

Can somebody help me?

Cheers!

Claudi

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[Tim Wilson]

When the main form (startup form) is closed the application will terminate,
as you have found. You'll need to architect your application in such a way
to allow the main form to stay "alive" for the duration of your application.

--
Tim Wilson
..NET Compact Framework MVP

"Claudia Fong" <cd********@yah oo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hello everybody,

I have a Menu form where I have a button.

The user should click the button and the program should open another
form call register form. I want that when the program show the register
form, the menu form will close or hiden.

I use the close () method, but it close everything (both forms) but if i
use hide() method.. even when I close all the forms using the X button
in the right top corner, it seems to me that the program is still
running in the background, because I need to manually click on the stop
button that is in C# express 2005

Is there a way to close just the menu form???

In VB6 all I needed to do is call registerform.sh ow()
and menuform.close( )

Can somebody help me?

Cheers!

Claudi

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[Chris Jobson]

"Tim Wilson" <TIM(UNDERSCORE )WILSON(AT)ROGE RS(PERIOD)COM> wrote in message
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When the main form (startup form) is closed the application will
terminate, as you have found. You'll need to architect your application in
such a way to allow the main form to stay "alive" for the duration of your
application.

This is the default behaviour, but it can be changed by using a class
derived from the ApplicationCont ext class. Here's an example of the
Program.cs file that does what the OP wants, i.e. Form1 is displayed when
the program starts, then when Form1 is closed Form2 is displayed, and when
Form2 is closed the program exits.

using System;
using System.Collecti ons.Generic;
using System.Windows. Forms;
namespace WindowsApplicat ion1
{
class MyApplicationCo ntext : ApplicationCont ext
{
public MyApplicationCo ntext()
{
Form1 f1 = new Form1();
f1.FormClosing += new FormClosingEven tHandler(form1_ FormClosing);
f1.Show();
}
void form1_FormClosi ng(object sender, FormClosingEven tArgs e)
{
Form f2 = new Form2();
// Next line is crucial. When ApplicationCont ext.MainForm is closed then the
program will exit.
MainForm = f2;
f2.Show();
}
}
static class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.Ena bleVisualStyles ();
Application.Set CompatibleTextR enderingDefault (false);
// Note you run an instance of your ApplicationCont ext, NOT your main form.
Application.Run (new MyApplicationCo ntext());
}
}
}

Chris Jobson