Quote Originally Posted by .paul. View Post
the form was an mdichild?

i don't get it. can you show me the code?
Sorry.

I have a Parentform which is a MDIContainer. then i have this form load inside it using:

vb.net Code:
  1. Private Sub tslScanItems_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tslScanItems.Click
  2.         Dim frm As New ScanItems
  3.         frm.MdiParent = Me
  4.         frm.Show()
  5.     End Sub

So instead of having the parentform load at startup i changed it to this form and when i went through everything it worked. When i go back to having it load inside the parent form it doesn't work.