muliple form in one main form ...

i have a main form and in its main menu i have edited 5 more other forms, when i am opening one form i can see it but the problem is i cant acess to my main menu to open other forms, how can i open multiple forms from one menu keeping each other active.
for eg: my main form is A, and five other forms are B,C, D, E, F.
SO to open form B from a ther is no problem, bt when B is active i cant acess to A,C,D,E,F...so i wnt a code with which i can use it, and keep active all the forms and can be able to acess any one .
any code will be much appreciated.
this is how i have used the technique to work.....

Code:

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B.show  ' to open form B
C.show  'to open C...similarly others from main menu  A

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The only way I could see you wouldn't be able to use form A is if you were using vbModal when calling the other forms

I'm guessing you are using this syntax

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B.Show vbModal

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If you drop vbModal you should have access to the other visible forms in your projects.

Perhaps you should consider porting this app over to an MDI project.

hadi

What do you mean by "I can't access A C D E F"?

Are those other forms visually obstructed because form B covers them?
Or is it some other issue?

Spoo

well i mean that when i open a form B from from the main form i cant use my main menu to open the other forms , i need to close the form B then and only then i can use to open other forms like C or D or E or F .
and i also tried vbmodal that is what i am using but it is still the same problem.

can you show us some code?

Code:

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Private Sub mnusmallperloss_Click()
SMALL.Show vbModal
End Sub

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Code:

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Private Sub mnusmper_Click()
SMPER.Show vbModal
End Sub

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Code:

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Private Sub mnuloss_Click()
TLOSS.Show vbModal
End Sub

Private Sub mnulper_Click()
LPER.Show vbModal
End Sub

Private Sub mnunoisep_Click()
NOISEP.Show vbModal
End Sub

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ok....I'm to tired now to concentrate but i guess someone olready told you earlier not to user vbmodal.....Vbmodal exactly that does..it loads a new form on top af the old one without letting the user the posibility to acces the old one....


So, do not use vbmodal

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Originally Posted by MarkT

The only way I could see you wouldn't be able to use form A is if you were using vbModal when calling the other forms

I'm guessing you are using this syntax

Code:

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B.Show vbModal

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If you drop vbModal you should have access to the other visible forms in your projects.

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Mark

You are a mind reader :thumb:

Spoo

There are a couple of things to note about the show method...

This makes it so that the form you show must be closed before you can once again access the calling form...

Code:

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Form2.Show vbModal, Me

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as does this...

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Form2.Show vbModal

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but this allows you to access the calling form but will keep the called form on top of the zorder even when the calling form recieves the focus...

Code:

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Form2.Show vbModeless, Me

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while this

Code:

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Form2.Show vbModeless

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is the same as this

Code:

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Form2.Show

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which allows the forms zorder to exchange positions

Good Luck