Closed form still running?

Hey people. I am laoding a form2 out of another form1:

[...]
Dim frm_make_media_popup_addpic = New frm_make_media_popup_addpic()
Dim left As Int16, top As Int16
left = Me.Left
top = Me.Top
frm_make_media_popup_addpic.Left = left
frm_make_media_popup_addpic.Top = top
frm_make_media_popup_addpic.ShowDialog()
[...]

not if i press back on the form1 (made by the following simple command

[...]
Me.Close()
[...]

Well so far so good...

But If I now again try to load the form2 out of the form1 I cannot access form2 any more.

(with the same code as I loaded the form2 the first time)

In fact if I use the command

[...]
Me.Show
[...]

In form2 the real form2 appears where I am now able to access it

But... why the hell is form2 still running? or did i sth else wrong?

tom

P.S.: Form2's task is to accept dragged images and display them - won't be the problem i suppose ;)

just remember the difference between show and showdialog.

If you use show then form2 will appear but form 1 can still respond to events.

If I was right what you want to acheive is clicking on form 1, will close form 2 and some other action make it appear.

using show always might help you to achieve that and use the event to call a public sub in form 2 which contains the me.close

just a thought

Originally posted by RichardAtherton [/i]
just remember the difference between show and showdialog.

If you use show then form2 will appear but form 1 can still respond to events.

If I was right what you want to acheive is clicking on form 1, will close form 2 and some other action make it appear.

using show always might help you to achieve that and use the event to call a public sub in form 2 which contains the me.close

just a thought
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no that's not the problem

form2 is opened by form1

I close form2 with a button on form2

so i return to form1 - so it doesn't matter if i use show or showdialog here

and after that i open form2 with a button on form1

and now the problem appears

tom

Application.AddMessageFilter(Me)

you have to end that before closing ya form with

Application.RemoveMessageFilter(Me)

tom

P.S.: thx anyway!