Multiple Instances of Forms

[Help]

Okay,

I have a main form called frmMain. I have another hidden form called frmStar. Now what I want to do is create multiple instances of frmStar. I would like at least 20 frmStar's to be on the screen at once. How would I do this?
?

Thanks

[YoungBuck]

Private Sub Form_Load()
 Dim f(1 To 20) As Form
 Dim iCt As Integer
 
 For iCt = LBound(f) To UBound(f)
    
    Set f(iCt) = New frmStar
    
    f(iCt).Show
    
Next iCt
 
End Sub

[MartinLiss]

Private Sub Command1_Click()

    Dim frm As New frmStar
    
    frm.Show
        
End Sub

[Help]

Okay that works good, however, I need to have the forms show up in random posistions. Not just all on top of each ohter.

The effect that im going for is having a bunch of frms start at the top of the screen then slowly move down the screen.

I have the frmStar shaped as a star, and it is always on top. here is my code so far.

Module:

Option Explicit

Global Const WINDING = 2
Global Const ALTERNATE = 1
Global Const RGN_OR = 2

Type POINTAPI
        x As Long
        y As Long
End Type

Declare Function CreatePolygonRgn Lib "gdi32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI, ByVal nCount As Long, ByVal nPolyFillMode As Long) As Long
Declare Function CreateRoundRectRgn Lib "gdi32" (ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long, ByVal X3 As Long, ByVal Y3 As Long) As Long
Declare Function CombineRgn Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDestRgn As Long, ByVal hSrcRgn1 As Long, ByVal hSrcRgn2 As Long, ByVal nCombineMode As Long) As Long
Declare Function SetWindowRgn Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hRgn As Long, ByVal bRedraw As Boolean) As Long
Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long

Declare Function CreateEllipticRgn& Lib "gdi32" (ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long)

Declare Function CreatePolyPolygonRgn& Lib "gdi32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI, lpPolyCounts As Long, ByVal nCount As Long, ByVal nPolyFillMode As Long)





'000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
    Global Const conHwndTopmost = -1
    Global Const conSwpNoActivate = &H10
    Global Const conSwpShowWindow = &H40

Public Function on_top(hwndTop As Long)
SetWindowPos hwndTop, conHwndTopmost, 100, 100, 400, 141, conSwpNoActivate Or conSwpShowWindow
End Function

Here is form Code

Option Explicit
Dim Star(5) As POINTAPI
Dim lReigon As Long
Dim lReigon1 As Long
Dim lReigon2 As Long
Dim lResult As Long



Private Sub cmdStars_Click()
Load frmStar
   
'       Make the form big enough
        frmStar.Width = 500 * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
        frmStar.Height = 500 * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
        
        'Polygon region  - This draws a star
        Star(0).x = 231:  Star(0).y = 12
        Star(1).x = 220:  Star(1).y = 57
        Star(2).x = 259:    Star(2).y = 31
        Star(3).x = 209:    Star(3).y = 31
        Star(4).x = 245:    Star(4).y = 57
        Star(5).x = 231:    Star(5).y = 12
        lReigon = CreatePolygonRgn(Star(0), 6, WINDING)
        
        ' set the window reigon
        lResult = SetWindowRgn(frmStar.hwnd, lReigon, True)
        frmStar.Show
        on_top frmStar.hwnd
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
frmMain.Visible = False
cmdStars_Click
End Sub

Any ideas?

[YoungBuck]

Here is a start to what you are looking for, however you are definitely gonna want to tweak it. Also the on_top code produced some undesirable effects, so I commented it out and I had to move some things around.

In the module...

Option Explicit

Global Const WINDING = 2
Global Const ALTERNATE = 1
Global Const RGN_OR = 2

Type POINTAPI
        x As Long
        y As Long
End Type

Declare Function CreatePolygonRgn Lib "gdi32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI, ByVal nCount As Long, ByVal nPolyFillMode As Long) As Long
Declare Function CreateRoundRectRgn Lib "gdi32" (ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long, ByVal X3 As Long, ByVal Y3 As Long) As Long
Declare Function CombineRgn Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDestRgn As Long, ByVal hSrcRgn1 As Long, ByVal hSrcRgn2 As Long, ByVal nCombineMode As Long) As Long
Declare Function SetWindowRgn Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hRgn As Long, ByVal bRedraw As Boolean) As Long
Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long

Declare Function CreateEllipticRgn& Lib "gdi32" (ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long)

Declare Function CreatePolyPolygonRgn& Lib "gdi32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI, lpPolyCounts As Long, ByVal nCount As Long, ByVal nPolyFillMode As Long)





'000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
    Global Const conHwndTopmost = -1
    Global Const conSwpNoActivate = &H10
    Global Const conSwpShowWindow = &H40

Public Function on_top(hwndTop As Long)
SetWindowPos hwndTop, conHwndTopmost, 100, 100, 400, 141, conSwpNoActivate Or conSwpShowWindow
End Function

In the form named frmMain

Option Explicit


Private Sub cmdStars_Click()
Dim f(1 To 20) As Form
Dim iCt As Integer

For iCt = LBound(f) To UBound(f)

        Set f(iCt) = New frmStar
        
        Load f(iCt)
        
        'on_top f(iCt).hwnd
        
Next iCt

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
frmMain.Visible = False
cmdStars_Click
End Sub

In the form named frmStar (also add a Timer and set it's interval to 1)

Dim Star(5) As POINTAPI
Dim lReigon As Long
Dim lReigon1 As Long
Dim lReigon2 As Long
Dim lResult As Long
Dim speed As Integer

Private Sub Form_Load()

        Randomize
        
'       Make the form big enough
        Me.Width = 500 * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
        Me.Height = 500 * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
        Me.Left = Rnd * Screen.Width
        Me.Top = 0
       
        'Polygon region  - This draws a star
        Star(0).x = 231:  Star(0).y = 12
        Star(1).x = 220:  Star(1).y = 57
        Star(2).x = 259:    Star(2).y = 31
        Star(3).x = 209:    Star(3).y = 31
        Star(4).x = 245:    Star(4).y = 57
        Star(5).x = 231:    Star(5).y = 12
        lReigon = CreatePolygonRgn(Star(0), 6, WINDING)
        
        ' set the window reigon
        lResult = SetWindowRgn(Me.hwnd, lReigon, True)
        
        speed = (Rnd * 100) + 50
        
        Me.Show
        
        DoEvents
        
End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    
    If Me.Top > Screen.Height Then Me.Top = 0
    
    Me.Top = Me.Top + speed
    
End Sub

Good Luck!

[Help]

Thanks YoungBuck,
It works pretty good. Still need to edit some stuff, but this really helped.

Thanks alot