MIDI Forms. Show one and all others go small.

[Steve Thomas]

I have an App that uses MIDI Child forms. I want to keep form B(Child) up and maximized while I call form A(Child). I want form A to look like a message box.

Set A as new frmMessage
load A

When I call A, form B goes smaller so the screen looks funny.

I do not want to start form A outside the app (i.e Midi child = false because the user could minimize the app and still have form A open)

Any ideas on how to leave Form B fully maximized and in the background while form A shows on top???

Thanks

[Joacim Andersson]

Set the MDIChild property to False and load it either as modal or if you want it modeless set the MDIForm as the parent. In that case the form will be minimized when the MDIForm is minimized.

frmMessage.Show vbModal
'or
frmMessage.Show vbModeless, frmMDI 'or whatever your MDI form is called

Good luck!

[Steve Thomas]

Thank you very much.