Modal forms--- How?

[foxclaire]

Can anybody help?
I have just started using .net after moving over from VB5. I am trying to move between 2 forms without starting any procedures again. In VB5 the simple form1.show, and form2.hide would work but this doesnt work in .net. I have found a resource that says you must declare it i.e
Dim form1 As New Form1()
form1.Show()
this works but starts a new procedure as it is declaring form1 as a new form1 effectively starting the procedure again and losing any information that has be input. I have also found a resource which says you simply have to type form1.showdialog() but this does not work either.
Please help?
Thanks

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[Ken Tucker]

Hi,

Place a variable in a module of the form type.

Public frm1 as new Form1

When you want to call it use frm1.Show(). Remember that if you
call a form that is unloaded you will get an error.

Ken
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Can anybody help?
I have just started using .net after moving over from VB5. I am trying to move between 2 forms without starting any procedures again. In VB5 the
simple form1.show, and form2.hide would work but this doesnt work in .net. I
have found a resource that says you must declare it i.e Dim form1 As New Form1()
form1.Show()
this works but starts a new procedure as it is declaring form1 as a new form1 effectively starting the procedure again and losing any information
that has be input. I have also found a resource which says you simply have
to type form1.showdialog() but this does not work either. Please help?
Thanks

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"claire fox" <fo*******@hotmail.com> schrieb:

I have just started using .net after moving over from VB5.
I am trying to move between 2 forms without starting any
procedures again. In VB5 the simple form1.show, and
form2.hide would work but this doesnt work in .net.

\\\
Public Class Main
Private Shared m_MyForm1 As Form1
Private Shared m_MyForm2 As Form2

Public Shared Sub Main()
m_MyForm1 = New Form1()
m_MyForm2 = New Form2()
m_MyForm1.Show()
Application.Run()
End Sub

Public Shared ReadOny Property MyForm1() As Form1
Get
Return m_MyForm1
End Get
End Property

Public Shared ReadOny Property MyForm2() As Form2
Get
Return m_MyForm2
End Get
End Property
End Class
///

You can use 'Application.Exit' to exit the application. Everywhere in the
project, you can access 'Form1' by typing 'Main.MyForm1' and 'Form2' by
typing 'Main.MyForm2'. Notice that this is not the best OOP design, but it
works.

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet