One Main Form

I got more than 3 forms in my app.I want to make the main form disabled when form2loads and keep it like that untill the the form2 unloads what i am trying to say is how can you make a form a sub form
Here is the problem
when I load form1 from the main form I see two forms in taskbar Main and form1. I wand form1 in Main Form Like a Sub Form

Then use an MDI form instead.

... because you can have several sub forms within the MDI form, and the taskbar only shows one window.

Just set the ShowInTaskBar property of the 2nd and 3rd for to false, then when you show the form, do something like this:

Form2.Show vbModal, Form1

That will make the main form disabled until you close the Form2.

Form2.Show vbModal, Form1 <------ this is the thing I was looking
:D

you can open a text file in Notepad by using this command in RUN
notepad "c:\vb.txt"
can I make my app to open a file by useing this

You want to open the file in notepad? Just use the shell command:

VB Code:

Shell "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe C:\vb.txt"

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Originally posted by MidgetsBro
You want to open the file in notepad? Just use the shell command:

VB Code:

Shell "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe C:\vb.txt"

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No I want to open a text file in my app
something Like this
Shell "C:\myapp.exe c:\vb.dat

assuming you want to open it in a textbox called text1:

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
Open Command for Input As #1
Text1.Text = Input$(LOF(1), 1)
Close #1
End sub

Can I share variables in Different "compiled" projects .One more thing is it possible to open a form more than 2 times in a project
:D

ANY ONE :confused:

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Originally posted by internet_wiz
Can I share variables in Different "compiled" projects .One more thing is it possible to open a form more than 2 times in a project
:D

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Not unless you create an activex exe that both programs can access, or if you save the variable data to a registry key, then have the other program read it, then delete it. Or you could do the same thing with a text file or ini or anything.

VB Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim blah As New Form1
Load blah
blah.Visible = True
End Sub

That will load as many form1s as you can fit in memory.

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Originally posted by MidgetsBro


Not unless you create an activex exe that both programs can access, or if you save the variable data to a registry key, then have the other program read it, then delete it. Or you could do the same thing with a text file or ini or anything.

VB Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim blah As New Form1
Load blah
blah.Visible = True
End Sub

That will load as many form1s as you can fit in memory.

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that worked but I still have tiny problem.I have three forms
Main
Receiver
Reader

this is my code
In Main
Receive.show vbmodal , Main

in Receive
dim nReader As New Reader
Load nReder
nreader.Visible = True
when I do this I get an error "Cant show non modal form when a modal form is displayed

So you will have to open the Receiver window as non modal, or open the reader window as modal to the receiver window.

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Originally posted by MidgetsBro
So you will have to open the Receiver window as non modal, or open the reader window as modal to the receiver window.

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The thing is I want to open receiver window as a modal and reader window as non modal I tried diffirent ways but no success
Can i DO THAT:confused:

Again, the use MDI-forms would help in this case.

When you have a modal form open, all other forms in the project are non-interactive to the user until that form is closed, so there is really no need to open a non-modal form from a modal form since the user cant interact with it anyway. Try disabling main instead and opening both Reader and Receiver as non-modal.

Main.Enabled = False
This efficiently disables the user from interacting with Main until you chose so (Main.Enabled = True) without making it modal.

You could the same way make Reader(x).Enabled = False to disabled the user from messing with it...