load event

Is it possible to close a window on the load event?

Yes.

wonderful!
how?

Is the 'window', another application?




Bruce.

Me.Close()

mendhak, that has no effect.

bruce fox, i have a window form and on its 'load' event i want to close it.

can somebody help me here pls?

huh? what is the purpose of running your program and then close it when it loads?

or am i missing something?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dani2

i have a window form and on its 'load' event i want to close it.

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the Me.Close() that Mendhak mentioned should do it.

Have you instantiated the Form from a Module?

In any event, please post the FormX Load Event code.




Bruce.

I have a test on the 'load' event. If it fails there's no point to display it.
Can I close it?? because Me.Close() does nothing :(

Quote:

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Originally Posted by mar_zim

huh? what is the purpose of running your program and then close it when it loads?

or am i missing something?

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I can think of one example (I use it). When an app is opened, validate it for registration. If not valid display a dialog, and unload the Form.




Bruce.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dani2

I have a test on the 'load' event. If it fails there's no point to display it.
Can I close it?? because Me.Close() does nothing :(

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See my second post above (Post the Load Event code)




Bruce.

Ok. i found out why Me.close() is not working..
The 'Me' its a dialog :)
Now, is there any other way to close this dialog on its load event?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Bruce Fox

I can think of one example (I use it). When an app is opened, validate it for registration. If not valid display a dialog, and unload the Form.




Bruce.

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oh...he's talking about validation thingy. my bad.
sorry.
:(

Is the 'Dialog' a Form you created, or is it the standard windows MsgBox/MessageBox?




Bruce.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by mar_zim

oh...he's talking about validation thingy. my bad.
sorry.
:(

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I'm sure alot of people would have thought that after the first read :)

The original question implied it too, I just supected that he/she had some idea what they wanted ;).




Bruce.

It is a form created that inherits

VB Code:

System.Windows.Forms.Form

I open it with

VB Code:

ShowDialog()

And i want to close it before it displays anything :)

and yes, i do have some idea of what i want!

I may help if you post the code used to display that 'Dialog' Form.

And, the code in it's Load Event.




Bruce.

Really its very common code.
I open the form from another like this:

VB Code:

Dim dlgAbsences As EmployeeAbsences
 
        dlgAbsences = New EmployeeAbsences()
        dlgAbsences.ShowDialog()

and in the load event its a simple test which returns true or false. if it's false i don't want to display the form.
Me.Close() is ignored..

Assuming that there is a reason you don't validate prior to loading the 'Dialog'; I'm at a loss as to why the .Close() dosn't work.

I dont have .Net on this PC, so I can;t test - sorry.



Bruce.

No problem. i will make the test prior as you suggested.
thank you

I just pulled the ol laptop out and did a test.

It was sucessfull using a 'windows' (2nd) Form.

I suspect that it is because you inherited the Form.

Just a guess tho :)




Bruce.

Is the window you want to close a form or what?

try formX.ActiveForm.close()

where formX is name of your form.