Multiple instances of a form

[Corinne]

OK, I don't get it.

I have a main form which is originally loaded via a subMain using Application.Run(New frmMain()) at the start of my app. Button1 on frmMain opens a second form(Form4). On a click event of Form4 I need to close Form4 and go back to frmMain. Currently on the click event of Form4 another instance of frmMain opens because I also placed:

Dim frmMain As New frmMain()
frmMain.Show()

in the click event. I know that's not right & it causes my problem, but how do I get around this? How do I bring up only one instance of frmMain?

Thanks

[Edilson]

Is frmMain a MDI form ??

[Corinne]

No it's not

[persianboy]

i dont understand if all you want to do is close the form, i think writing

me.close

in the click event will do it, why are adding

Dim frmMain As New frmMain()
frmMain.Show()

if you just want to close it?!!!


sorry if i understood your Q wrong ...

[Edneeis]

I think persianboy is right, if you close the current form then focus should automatically go back to the previous form. I mean you never closed the main form right? So it'll still be there.

[Corinne]

Thanks persianboy & Edneeis, Thats what I needed to do. I guess that with learning .Net & knowing that simple things are different I sometimes make things harder than they should be.