VB.Net, Making a Form the Active Form

Making a Form the Active Form

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SeeGu #1 / 8	Making a Form the Active Form I have an application that brings forms up in a sequentail, wizard like (modal, showdialog) fashion. Everything works OK but if a user goes back and forth between forms multiple times the form will not be made the active form. I'm using a forms collection to store refrences to the forms. Is there a way to make a form the active form? Thanks!
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:27:52 GMT

Jason Sobell iGadge #2 / 8	Making a Form the Active Form Use the Activate method? I would not use multiple forms for a wizard. I would use a single form with either a tab control or multiple containers. If you really want to have a separate form structure for each page of the wizard, why not define each as a UserControl and display those in your form? You could create instances dynamically (if necessary), or simply keep them in an array. Cheers, Jason Quote: > I have an application that brings forms up in a > sequentail, wizard like (modal, showdialog) fashion. > Everything works OK but if a user goes back and forth > between forms multiple times the form will not be made the > active form. > I'm using a forms collection to store refrences to the > forms. Is there a way to make a form the active form? > Thanks!
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:02:24 GMT

seegu #3 / 8	Making a Form the Active Form Thanks for the response. Activate does not work. I may re- write at some point and user controls might be the fix. Thnaks Quote: >-----Original Message----- >Use the Activate method? >I would not use multiple forms for a wizard. I would use a single form with >either a tab control or multiple containers. >If you really want to have a separate form structure for each page of the >wizard, why not define each as a UserControl and display those in your >form? You could create instances dynamically (if necessary), or simply keep Quote: >them in an array. >Cheers, > Jason >> I have an application that brings forms up in a >> sequentail, wizard like (modal, showdialog) fashion. >> Everything works OK but if a user goes back and forth >> between forms multiple times the form will not be made the >> active form. >> I'm using a forms collection to store refrences to the >> forms. Is there a way to make a form the active form? >> Thanks! >.
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:08:53 GMT

Richard T. Edward #4 / 8	Making a Form the Active Form Have you tried setting that form as the defualt startup form? Quote: > Thanks for the response. Activate does not work. I may re- > write at some point and user controls might be the fix. > Thnaks > >-----Original Message----- > >Use the Activate method? > >I would not use multiple forms for a wizard. I would use > a single form with > >either a tab control or multiple containers. > >If you really want to have a separate form structure for > each page of the > >wizard, why not define each as a UserControl and display > those in your > >form? You could create instances dynamically (if > necessary), or simply keep > >them in an array. > >Cheers, > > Jason > >> I have an application that brings forms up in a > >> sequentail, wizard like (modal, showdialog) fashion. > >> Everything works OK but if a user goes back and forth > >> between forms multiple times the form will not be made > the > >> active form. > >> I'm using a forms collection to store refrences to the > >> forms. Is there a way to make a form the active form? > >> Thanks! > >.
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:15:14 GMT

Alex #5 / 8	Making a Form the Active Form Did you try Form.Select()? HTH Alex Quote: > Thanks for the response. Activate does not work. I may re- > write at some point and user controls might be the fix. > Thnaks > >-----Original Message----- > >Use the Activate method? > >I would not use multiple forms for a wizard. I would use > a single form with > >either a tab control or multiple containers. > >If you really want to have a separate form structure for > each page of the > >wizard, why not define each as a UserControl and display > those in your > >form? You could create instances dynamically (if > necessary), or simply keep > >them in an array. > >Cheers, > > Jason > >> I have an application that brings forms up in a > >> sequentail, wizard like (modal, showdialog) fashion. > >> Everything works OK but if a user goes back and forth > >> between forms multiple times the form will not be made > the > >> active form. > >> I'm using a forms collection to store refrences to the > >> forms. Is there a way to make a form the active form? > >> Thanks! > >.
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:37:06 GMT

Holger Boskuge #6 / 8	Making a Form the Active Form Hello, Quote: > Thanks for the response. Activate does not work. I may re- > write at some point and user controls might be the fix. > Thnaks I don't know what do you do with your windows, but there is a way to say "restore". Make a "Message" with you Form.Handle WM_SYSCOMMAND and SC_RESTORE and call the WndProc. I think it could help to solve your problem. It's the same if you want restore a minimized Wiindow. Regards Holger
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 06:11:25 GMT

Felix Wu [M #7 / 8	Making a Form the Active Form Hi SeeGuy, Instead of using multiple forms, you can try Panels. You can go "Next" and "Back" by setting the Panel.Visibility property accordingly. Regards, Felix Wu ============= This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -------------------- Quote: >Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message >Subject: Making a Form the Active Form >Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 05:27:52 -0800 >Lines: 10 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 >Thread-Index: AcLPdeGF9UULVYcCQB2lTrz6gJksxg== >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb >Path: cpmsftngxa06 >Xref: cpmsftngxa06 microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb:89043 >NNTP-Posting-Host: TK2MSFTNGXA09 10.40.1.161 >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb >I have an application that brings forms up in a >sequentail, wizard like (modal, showdialog) fashion. >Everything works OK but if a user goes back and forth >between forms multiple times the form will not be made the >active form. >I'm using a forms collection to store refrences to the >forms. Is there a way to make a form the active form? >Thanks!
Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:18:59 GMT

Chris Dunawa #8 / 8	Making a Form the Active Form Quote: > I have an application that brings forms up in a > sequentail, wizard like (modal, showdialog) fashion. > Everything works OK but if a user goes back and forth > between forms multiple times the form will not be made the > active form. > I'm using a forms collection to store refrences to the > forms. Is there a way to make a form the active form? > Thanks! Have you tried just calling the Showdialog method again? -- If you don't like lunchmeat, please remove it from my e-mail address to send me an e-mail
Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:33:19 GMT

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