Set Calling FORM Visible = False by CALLED FORM

[lenniekuah]

Hullo Good Friends,
I need your help. Please Help me.

I am trying to pass the name of the Calling FORM FRMSALES to the Loaded FORM FRMPOPUPCustomers so that FRMPOPUPCustomer will set the FRMSALES visible to FALSE.

I am not sure how to do it. FRMPOPUPCustmer does not turn FRMSALES visible to FALSE.

Here are the coding from Both FORMs:

'--------------------------------------------------------------
' FORM        : FRMSALES.VB
' Description    : This form load FrmPOPUPCustomer to retrieve specific customer
'           or Create New Customer
'----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Private Sub  ToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
                  Handles ToolStripMenuItem.Click
 
        Dim FM As New FrmCityRef
        Dim callFrm As New FrmCustMaint
 
        FM.PropCallForm = callFrm
        FM.ShowDialog()
        FM = Nothing
 
 End Sub
 
 

'------------------------------------------------------------
' FORM         :FRMPOPUPCUSTOMER.VB
' Description    : This form uses DataGridView and TEXTBOX to create new customer record
'             : It will set the CALLING FORM visible to FALSE
' --------------------------------------------------------------
Option explicit ON
Dim  FrmCall As Form
 
  Private Sub FRMPOPUPCUSTOMER_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
        Handles MyBase.Load
 
         FrmCall.Visible = False     
    End Sub
 
Public Property PropCallForm() As Form
        'retrieve calling form name to set visible off
        Get
            Return FrmCall
        End Get
 
        Set(ByVal value As Form)
            FrmCall = value
        End Set
 End Property
 
 Private Sub FRMPOPUPCUSTOMER_FormClosed(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosedEventArgs) _
    Handles Me.FormClosed
 
        FrmCall.Visible = True
 
End Sub
 
 
 
 

[Joseph Martell]

I think you are pretty close to getting this working. I believe your problem is with the form that you are passing to the called form. In your ToolStripMenuItem_Click code, you have the following lines of code:

         Dim FM As New FrmCityRef
         Dim callFrm As New FrmCustMaint
 
         FM.PropCallForm = callFrm
         FM.ShowDialog()
         FM = Nothing

Notice that what you are doing is creating a NEW FrmCustMaint form and passing it to the called form. When you use the keyword "New" it creates a new object that has no relationship to any forms that are currently being displayed. I assume that the ToolStripMenuItem_Click method is a member of the form that you wish to hide. If so, instead of creating a new form and passing that in you need to pass in Me:

         Dim FM As New FrmCityRef
 
         FM.PropCallForm = Me
         FM.ShowDialog()
         FM = Nothing

[lenniekuah]

Hi Joseph Martell
Thank you very much for your suggestion. I did try it out and it's working.
I have to modify it to suit our setup.

I would like to post it here to share it with others who may have similar problems and need help.

Private Sub btnCustomer_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, 
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnCustomer.Click
 
        Dim FM As New FrmCustMaint
        Dim callFrm As System.Windows.Forms.Form = Me
 
        FM.PropCallForm = callFrm
        FM.ShowDialog()
        FM = Nothing
    End Sub  

---------------------------------------

Option Explicit On
 
Public Class FrmCustMaint
 
    Dim FrmCall As System.Windows.Forms.Form
 
     Private Sub FrmCustMaint_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, 
        ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 
                FrmCall.Visible = False
    End sub
 
     Public Property PropCallForm()
                Get
                        Return FrmCall
                End Get
                Set(ByVal value)
                        FrmCall = value
                End Set
        End Property
 
End Class