How to Create Access Like Subforms vb2005 express

[Edwin Martinez]

Hello I have a parent form but I want to create 4 forms that will be shown
in a area inside the parent form when I click to buttons.

+----------------------------+
| Parent Form |
| |
| -------------------- |
| | subform | |
| | | |
| | | |
| -------------------- |
+----------------------------+
Visual Basic 2005 Express
Thanks,
Edwin

[Tom Shelton]

On Oct 8, 8:43 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

Hello I have a parent form but I want to create 4 forms that will be shown
in a area inside the parent form when I click to buttons.

+----------------------------+
| Parent Form |
| |
| -------------------- |
| | subform | |
| | | |
| | | |
| -------------------- |
+----------------------------+

Visual Basic 2005 Express

Thanks,

Edwin

Well, you could use the WPF Expander control....

--
Tom Shelton

[rowe_newsgroups]

On Oct 8, 10:43 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

Hello I have a parent form but I want to create 4 forms that will be shown
in a area inside the parent form when I click to buttons.

+----------------------------+
| Parent Form |
| |
| -------------------- |
| | subform | |
| | | |
| | | |
| -------------------- |
+----------------------------+

Visual Basic 2005 Express

Thanks,

Edwin

Look up UserControls.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[Edwin Martinez]

I still dont get it

"rowe_newsgroups" <ro********@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@19g2000hsx.googlegro ups.com...

On Oct 8, 10:43 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

>Hello I have a parent form but I want to create 4 forms that will be
shown
in a area inside the parent form when I click to buttons.

+----------------------------+
| Parent Form |
| |
| -------------------- |
| | subform | |
| | | |
| | | |
| -------------------- |
+----------------------------+

Visual Basic 2005 Express

Thanks,

Edwin

Look up UserControls.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[james]

In HELP, search for "Child Forms" and you will find several examples,
including this one:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...29(VS.71).aspx

There are several other examples there as well.
Hope it helps.
james

"Edwin Martinez" <ed************@gmail.comwrote in message
news:eN**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>I still dont get it

"rowe_newsgroups" <ro********@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@19g2000hsx.googlegro ups.com...

>On Oct 8, 10:43 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

>>Hello I have a parent form but I want to create 4 forms that will be
shown
in a area inside the parent form when I click to buttons.

+----------------------------+
| Parent Form |
| |
| -------------------- |
| | subform | |
| | | |
| | | |
| -------------------- |
+----------------------------+

Visual Basic 2005 Express

Thanks,

Edwin

Look up UserControls.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[rowe_newsgroups]

On Oct 9, 9:45 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

I still dont get it

"rowe_newsgroups" <[e-mail] in message

news:11**********************@19g2000hsx.googlegro ups.com...

On Oct 8, 10:43 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

Hello I have a parent form but I want to create 4 forms that will be
shown
in a area inside the parent form when I click to buttons.

+----------------------------+
| Parent Form |
| |
| -------------------- |
| | subform | |
| | | |
| | | |
| -------------------- |
+----------------------------+

Visual Basic 2005 Express

Thanks,

Edwin

Look up UserControls.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

Maybe I've misunderstood you. Are you trying to simulate the embedded
subforms that are available in Access, or are you simply trying to
create an MDI application (such as Word, Excel, Access)? There are two
very different answers for these two very different scenarios.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[Edwin Martinez]

Yes what I am trying to do its to simulate the embedded subforms that are
available in Access.

"rowe_newsgroups" <ro********@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@r29g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...

On Oct 9, 9:45 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

>I still dont get it

"rowe_newsgroups" <[e-mail] in message

news:11**********************@19g2000hsx.googlegr oups.com...

On Oct 8, 10:43 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:
Hello I have a parent form but I want to create 4 forms that will be
shown
in a area inside the parent form when I click to buttons.

>+----------------------------+
| Parent Form |
| |
| -------------------- |
| | subform | |
| | | |
| | | |
| -------------------- |
+----------------------------+

>Visual Basic 2005 Express

>Thanks,

>Edwin

Look up UserControls.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

Maybe I've misunderstood you. Are you trying to simulate the embedded
subforms that are available in Access, or are you simply trying to
create an MDI application (such as Word, Excel, Access)? There are two
very different answers for these two very different scenarios.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[rowe_newsgroups]

On Oct 10, 7:04 am, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

Yes what I am trying to do its to simulate the embedded subforms that are
available in Access.

"rowe_newsgroups" <[e-mail] in message

news:11**********************@r29g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...

On Oct 9, 9:45 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:

I still dont get it

"rowe_newsgroups" <[e-mail] in message

>news:11**********************@19g2000hsx.googlegr oups.com...

On Oct 8, 10:43 pm, "Edwin Martinez" <[e-mail]:
Hello I have a parent form but I want to create 4 forms that will be
shown
in a area inside the parent form when I click to buttons.

+----------------------------+
| Parent Form |
| |
| -------------------- |
| | subform | |
| | | |
| | | |
| -------------------- |
+----------------------------+

Visual Basic 2005 Express

Thanks,

Edwin

Look up UserControls.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

Maybe I've misunderstood you. Are you trying to simulate the embedded
subforms that are available in Access, or are you simply trying to
create an MDI application (such as Word, Excel, Access)? There are two
very different answers for these two very different scenarios.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

Alright, UserControls are basically used to drop related controls into
a container for encapsulation and reuse. For a simple example, suppose
you had multiple parts of a program (or multiple programs) that
required the use to list the path of a text file. For this you would
need a Label, a TextBox, a Button, and an OpenFileDialog. Instead of
dropping all the parts multiple times into each form, you could put
all of them into a UserControl and code in all the necessary behavior
(such as the Button opening the OpenFileDialog and putting the
filepath in the TextBox). Then you would just need to drop the
UserControl into each form. In essence, UserControls act like mini-
forms. They act the same in the designer and (mostly) at runtime, with
the only major difference being that UserControls are not self
sustaining in that they must be placed in a parent object (such as a
form).

Does that explain UserControls a bit better?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe