Changing form on submit

[amrhosam]

hello everyone,
i am new here and i am also a new programmer and i am learning c#..i am using visual studio 2008 and started to build some very simple windows form apllication and now i am facing a problem.
how can i open a new form to replace the old form in a way such that when i close the second form ..all of the application gets terminated..something like the installation wizard of a program or a game..when you hit the next button the window form changes completely and whenver i press the (x)button on top right the installation wizard terminates completelly..i hope someone helps me as i really need to learn that so i can keep going

i hope i can find the help i need here..thanks all in advance

[tlhintoq]

My suggestion is to not use multiple forms.
Use one form.
Put a panel on it: Dock set to full.
Then keep putting new UserControls on the dock.
That way you can flip through 'screens' one UserControl at a time, then exit when you are done.

Also "I need help" is hardly an informative title. What if all 1,000 posts a day said that?
Please visit the Posting Guidelines for tips on how to ask questions to get the best help.

[ThatThatGuy]

On the second form on the Forms FormClosing Event type
this.Hide() or this.Close()...
will hide the second form ... and will not terminate the whole application

[amrhosam]

@tlhintoq
first of all thank you so much for your help an i alos apologize for notreading the ruels of postin a question..it was so late(3 am)and i was so tired and hardly opened my eyes..programming learning is harder that i thought,

i was hoping you can tell me what do you mean by : (Put a panel on it: Dock set to full)
i am new to c# and only started learing it like 7 days ago..i still have to figure this one out b4 i move on to learning about XML files and i also hope you will help me with that if i needed help and don't worry..the next time ,i will write an appropriate title for my thread.

@ThatThatGuy

thanks alot for your help..you gave me a great first impression about his forum and i am hoping to continue with you guys here and hopefully be a good programmer someday..thanks alot for your help

[tlhintoq]

i was hoping you can tell me what do you mean by : (Put a panel on it: Dock set to full)

Sure. It doesn't really have to be done this way... I just find it easy to use the panel as a reference.

You have a form, probably named "Form1" by Visual studio...
From the Toolbox, drag a "FlowLayoutPanel" to the form. Visual Studio will name it FlowLayoutPanel1.
Go to the Properties pallet.
Set AutoScroll to true.
Set Dock to fill
Go back to the form designer. Right-click on the form. Choose "View Code". It should look similar to this:

namespace DemoPOS
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
}
 

Add the new code shown:

namespace DemoPOS
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
 
        Control.ControlCollection WorkZone
        {
            get
            {
                return flowLayoutPanel1.Controls;
            }
        }
    }
}
 

This is a read-only property (because it only has a 'get' method and no 'set' method, that will return all the controls in the FlowLayouPanel you just dropped on the form. This makes for a more convenient reference in your code later.

Now make all those different 'Wizard-like' steps that you need. Make each one as a UserControl instead of as a form.

Add and remove controls from the WorkZone as needed.

        public void Step2()
        {
            ucStageTwo myStepTwo = new ucStageTwo();//ucStageTwo is the user control you made to be your second Wizard page
            WorkZone.Clear();
            WorkZone.Add(myStepTwo);
        }
 

[amrhosam]

@tlhintoq

thanks alot ..i really really appretiate your help..thanks so much...i will try the solution you suggested and tell you the result asap..
thank you again and i am so glad that i subscribed on this great forum,.

[amrhosam]

@tlhintoq


i tried as u said ...and i didn't get the result i am looking for..i knw i may be a pain in the ass but i really want to learn...i hope if you can give me a full example of simple two pages wizard..the first one with a button on it called next and the second one(panel) is the one which appears when i click the next button..i hope you give me a detailed program code for it..so i can completelyy understand how it is done and start working on my dsired function...i apologize again for asking too much..thanks and i hope you continue helping me and don't give up on me

[Bassem]

On the second form on the Forms FormClosing Event type
this.Hide() or this.Close()...
will hide the second form ... and will not terminate the whole application

I don't think so.

The event fire while the Form is closing. So, hiding the form closing the from will not make a change, after all the form is closed.

Thanks,
Bassem