New form on taskbar?

I have 2 forms. when a button is clicked form1 loads form2. I have that button hide form1 when opening form2 but where the forms show on the taskbar jumps around and you caln see a form being shown and one being hiden. How can i make this smooth without looking like forms are changing on the taskbar. this is an eaxmple of what i am trying..

Private Sub CmdButton_Click()
form1.hide
form2.show
End Sub

If you have any code in form2's load event which Shows the form this won't work quite as well, but code like this should be smoother changeover:

VB Code:

Private Sub CmdButton_Click()
Load form2
form1.hide
form2.show
End Sub

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Originally Posted by si_the_geek

If you have any code in form2's load event which Shows the form this won't work quite as well, but code like this should be smoother changeover:

VB Code:

Private Sub CmdButton_Click()
Load form2
form1.hide
form2.show
End Sub

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I have tried that and it doesnt seem to make a difference. I ahve seen other VB apps that are seemless and i am not sure how they do it :(

I don't exactly now what you are trying to do but heres the code I think your looking for.

VB Code:

Private Sub CmdButton_Click()
Load Form2
Form1.Hide
Form2.Show
Form2.Caption = Form1.Caption
Form2.Left = Form1.Left
Form2.Top = Form1.Top
End Sub

I do this in one of my games. What I do is I set a form with a border and then all the other forms open up (with no border) positioned directly over the other form. This way there is only 1 label in the taskbar and I can keep it from flickering when forms change.

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Originally Posted by SllX

I have 2 forms. when a button is clicked form1 loads form2. I have that button hide form1 when opening form2 but where the forms show on the taskbar jumps around and you caln see a form being shown and one being hiden. How can i make this smooth without looking like forms are changing on the taskbar. ...

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I don't think I even understand what you're after so can you ellaborate please? Do you want Form2 to be shown in Taskbar or not?

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Originally Posted by RhinoBull

I don't think I even understand what you're after so can you ellaborate please? Do you want Form2 to be shown in Taskbar or not?

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When i switch back and fortth from form1 and form2 i want the active form to show on the taskbar.

Aha... :ehh:
I think you can do something similar to what I did in the sample project I posted in this thread (post #25) .