MDI Application - Need Help

[Eric W. Holzapfel]

Hello C#,
I am trying to create an MDI app in C# (Windows
Application). I have a "container" window. I would like
to add more than one child window to the container (2 for
starters). I would like to display one child first, and
when user clicks button of child1, child1 disappears, and
child2 displays. I would prefer to have one child open at
a time. I am assuming that I can have a method in the
Parent form - that can open and close child forms.
I would like to be able to pass either the form (i.e.
Child1, or Child2, etc), and then hide/close the active
child, and display the new child.

I have seen help info for creating multiple forms, but it
is not by name, but new instances of "form x" etc.

What is the proper way to open and close child forms by
name. (I may switch from buttons on a child form, to the
menu bar scheme, etc, since it is more "Windows" like).

Thanks,

eric

[Darin]

I have created an MDI app that is similar to what you are taking about. I
created a toolbar that let the user move from child form to child form. I
am assuming that you want only one instance of each form. What I did was
create a singleton approach for each form making sure that each form could
have only one instance. There are many ways to control opening and closing
of the child forms. The easiest is to have a toolbar on the parent form
which will give you complete control on the parent instead of putting
buttons on the child forms which makes it more complicated. If you have any
more questions do not hesitate to ask.

"Eric W. Holzapfel" <eh*******@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Hello C#,
I am trying to create an MDI app in C# (Windows
Application). I have a "container" window. I would like
to add more than one child window to the container (2 for
starters). I would like to display one child first, and
when user clicks button of child1, child1 disappears, and
child2 displays. I would prefer to have one child open at
a time. I am assuming that I can have a method in the
Parent form - that can open and close child forms.
I would like to be able to pass either the form (i.e.
Child1, or Child2, etc), and then hide/close the active
child, and display the new child.

I have seen help info for creating multiple forms, but it
is not by name, but new instances of "form x" etc.

What is the proper way to open and close child forms by
name. (I may switch from buttons on a child form, to the
menu bar scheme, etc, since it is more "Windows" like).

Thanks,

eric