Starting a windows application from outside the form

[Jesse]

Hi,

Can anyone suggest how to go about running a windows application from
outside the starting form. ie. making a call to the initial form and then
showing it. I have tried this using a separate class file with static void
Main()
{
MainForm mf = new MainForm();
mf.Show();
}

But as soon as the form shows the application ends. As you can tell i am an
absolute novice so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jesse

[Vijaye Raji]

You need to keep pumping the Window messages to the window. You can do that
by

Main()
{
MainForm mf = new MainForm();
Application.Run(mf);
}

-vJ

"Jesse" <je*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

Can anyone suggest how to go about running a windows application from
outside the starting form. ie. making a call to the initial form and then
showing it. I have tried this using a separate class file with static void Main()
{
MainForm mf = new MainForm();
mf.Show();
}

But as soon as the form shows the application ends. As you can tell i am an absolute novice so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jesse

[Jesse]

Hi, thanks for the reply.

When i do that i get an error:

"The type or namespace name 'Application' could not be found ..."

what does this mean?

"Vijaye Raji" <no************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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You need to keep pumping the Window messages to the window. You can do that by

Main()
{
MainForm mf = new MainForm();
Application.Run(mf);
}

-vJ

"Jesse" <je*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:er**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Can anyone suggest how to go about running a windows application from
outside the starting form. ie. making a call to the initial form and then showing it. I have tried this using a separate class file with static void

Main()
{
MainForm mf = new MainForm();
mf.Show();
}

But as soon as the form shows the application ends. As you can tell i

am an

absolute novice so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jesse

[Vijaye Raji]

Try System.Windows.Forms.Application or add "using System.Windows.Forms" to
the top of the file.

-vJ

"Jesse" <je*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Oo**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hi, thanks for the reply.

When i do that i get an error:

"The type or namespace name 'Application' could not be found ..."

what does this mean?

"Vijaye Raji" <no************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OR**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

You need to keep pumping the Window messages to the window. You can do

that

by

Main()
{
MainForm mf = new MainForm();
Application.Run(mf);
}

-vJ

"Jesse" <je*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:er**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Can anyone suggest how to go about running a windows application from
outside the starting form. ie. making a call to the initial form and then showing it. I have tried this using a separate class file with static

void

Main()
{
MainForm mf = new MainForm();
mf.Show();
}

But as soon as the form shows the application ends. As you can tell i

am

an

absolute novice so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jesse

[Jesse]

Wooho. That works. Thanks.
"Vijaye Raji" <no************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:#v**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Try System.Windows.Forms.Application or add "using System.Windows.Forms" to the top of the file.

-vJ

"Jesse" <je*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Oo**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hi, thanks for the reply.

When i do that i get an error:

"The type or namespace name 'Application' could not be found ..."

what does this mean?

"Vijaye Raji" <no************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OR**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

You need to keep pumping the Window messages to the window. You can do

that

by

Main()
{
MainForm mf = new MainForm();
Application.Run(mf);
}

-vJ

"Jesse" <je*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Can anyone suggest how to go about running a windows application

from > outside the starting form. ie. making a call to the initial form and then

> showing it. I have tried this using a separate class file with

static void
> Main()
> {
> MainForm mf = new MainForm();
> mf.Show();
> }
>
> But as soon as the form shows the application ends. As you can tell

i am

an
> absolute novice so any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jesse
>
>