How to share a menu bar between two forms?

[cnatsa71]

Hey, everybody.

I'm writing a small software similar to the calculator in Windows, the calculator in Windows has a menu bar; in the menu bar, you can find "scientific" and "standard" mode; once you select different mode, your form will be changed, but the two forms still share the same menu bar.

I want to create the same effect of this:
1. Two forms, only one is visible at any time
2. The menu bar on the top of the two forms should be shared between these forms

I just started learning VB for 2 weeks, I'm not sure my thinking can be achieved by VB, if not, please inform me the right way to do it.

Please give details since I'm just a beginner.

Thank you very much for your time in advance

[aashish_9601]

Its not that hard or time consuming to add two different menus to two different forms, unless you have any other specific reason to do the same.

[cnatsa71]

Hey, aashish. Thanks for your reply.
Do you mean to have seperate menu for two forms? But there is a connection between them.
If you have a look at the claculator in Windows, it indicates which mode you are using now -> a black dot in front of the current mode, so how can I do this if I implement by using seperated menu?

Thanks in advance

[techgnome]

don't use more than one form.... have two different views on the same form.

put each view in a panel. Dock both to fill. then on the menu click event, hide one panel and show the other, and resize the form.

-tg

[cnatsa71]

Thanks for your reply, you are right, two forms will be a bad way to do it.