One Main Form

[internet_wiz]

I got more than 3 forms in my app.I want to make the main form disabled when form2loads and keep it like that untill the the form2 unloads what i am trying to say is how can you make a form a sub form
Here is the problem
when I load form1 from the main form I see two forms in taskbar Main and form1. I wand form1 in Main Form Like a Sub Form

[mendhak]

Then use an MDI form instead.

[mendhak]

... because you can have several sub forms within the MDI form, and the taskbar only shows one window.

[MidgetsBro]

Just set the ShowInTaskBar property of the 2nd and 3rd for to false, then when you show the form, do something like this:

Form2.Show vbModal, Form1

That will make the main form disabled until you close the Form2.

[internet_wiz]

Form2.Show vbModal, Form1 <------ this is the thing I was looking

[internet_wiz]

you can open a text file in Notepad by using this command in RUN
notepad "c:\vb.txt"
can I make my app to open a file by useing this

[MidgetsBro]

You want to open the file in notepad? Just use the shell command:

Shell "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe C:\vb.txt"

[internet_wiz]

Originally posted by MidgetsBro
You want to open the file in notepad? Just use the shell command:

Shell "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe C:\vb.txt"

No I want to open a text file in my app
something Like this
Shell "C:\myapp.exe c:\vb.dat

[BuggyProgrammer]

assuming you want to open it in a textbox called text1:

Private Sub Form_Load()
Open Command for Input As #1
Text1.Text = Input$(LOF(1), 1)
Close #1
End sub

[internet_wiz]

Can I share variables in Different "compiled" projects .One more thing is it possible to open a form more than 2 times in a project

[internet_wiz]

ANY ONE

[MidgetsBro]

Originally posted by internet_wiz
Can I share variables in Different "compiled" projects .One more thing is it possible to open a form more than 2 times in a project

Not unless you create an activex exe that both programs can access, or if you save the variable data to a registry key, then have the other program read it, then delete it. Or you could do the same thing with a text file or ini or anything.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim blah As New Form1
Load blah
blah.Visible = True
End Sub

That will load as many form1s as you can fit in memory.

[internet_wiz]

Originally posted by MidgetsBro


Not unless you create an activex exe that both programs can access, or if you save the variable data to a registry key, then have the other program read it, then delete it. Or you could do the same thing with a text file or ini or anything.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim blah As New Form1
Load blah
blah.Visible = True
End Sub

That will load as many form1s as you can fit in memory.

that worked but I still have tiny problem.I have three forms
Main
Receiver
Reader

this is my code
In Main
Receive.show vbmodal , Main

in Receive
dim nReader As New Reader
Load nReder
nreader.Visible = True
when I do this I get an error "Cant show non modal form when a modal form is displayed

[MidgetsBro]

So you will have to open the Receiver window as non modal, or open the reader window as modal to the receiver window.

[internet_wiz]

Originally posted by MidgetsBro
So you will have to open the Receiver window as non modal, or open the reader window as modal to the receiver window.

The thing is I want to open receiver window as a modal and reader window as non modal I tried diffirent ways but no success
Can i DO THAT

[Rodik]

Again, the use MDI-forms would help in this case.

When you have a modal form open, all other forms in the project are non-interactive to the user until that form is closed, so there is really no need to open a non-modal form from a modal form since the user cant interact with it anyway. Try disabling main instead and opening both Reader and Receiver as non-modal.

Main.Enabled = False
This efficiently disables the user from interacting with Main until you chose so (Main.Enabled = True) without making it modal.

[Rodik]

You could the same way make Reader(x).Enabled = False to disabled the user from messing with it...