Very simple, object name......................:)

Hi all,

could you please someone help me out here, this IS simple, just an object definition that I cannot find.

I've got an MDI form, in which a button creates new forms with this code:

Code:

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Dim frmA As Main
Set FrmA As New Main
FrmA.Show

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Main is the name of a template form that I use to create all the forms within the MDI.

Now, how can I retrieve the Height property of one of these child forms? I need the object name, i.e. if I need the height of Main I use Main.Height, but in this case what can I use? FrmA.Height within a code doesn't work. I believe something as Parent.Height should exist, if someone knows the right expression :)

Thank you very much in advance,

W.

You have your variable setup wrong. If you want to create an instance of the form with Set statement, the you should do something like this:

Set frmA = New Main

Since you have an object variable that represents your form, you can treat it just like a regular form.

Code:

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Dim frmA As New Main

frmA.Show

MsgBox frmA.Height

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No ok my variable is correct, just the code that I typed here was wrong :)

Thanks for your answer, but the problem still remains, as it is NOT when I create the new form that I need to know the height, but at a further moment by clicking on a button on the form itself.

On the button's click event you can do something like this:

Code:

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Private Sub Command1_Click()
    MsgBox Me.Height
End Sub

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This should work regardless how many instances of your form you have created.

Yes, that was the first thing that I did try... but it didn't work :( I'm sorry I can't recall what the problem was, anyway Me was not interpreted as a valid object, who knows why...

Thanks for all your replies, I hope you have other suggestions!

Best regards,

W.