New form on taskbar?

[SllX]

I have 2 forms. when a button is clicked form1 loads form2. I have that button hide form1 when opening form2 but where the forms show on the taskbar jumps around and you caln see a form being shown and one being hiden. How can i make this smooth without looking like forms are changing on the taskbar. this is an eaxmple of what i am trying..

Private Sub CmdButton_Click()
form1.hide
form2.show
End Sub

[si_the_geek]

If you have any code in form2's load event which Shows the form this won't work quite as well, but code like this should be smoother changeover:

Private Sub CmdButton_Click()
Load form2
form1.hide
form2.show
End Sub

[SllX]

If you have any code in form2's load event which Shows the form this won't work quite as well, but code like this should be smoother changeover:

Private Sub CmdButton_Click()
Load form2
form1.hide
form2.show
End Sub

I have tried that and it doesnt seem to make a difference. I ahve seen other VB apps that are seemless and i am not sure how they do it

[mwpickle]

I don't exactly now what you are trying to do but heres the code I think your looking for.

Private Sub CmdButton_Click()
Load Form2
Form1.Hide
Form2.Show
Form2.Caption = Form1.Caption
Form2.Left = Form1.Left
Form2.Top = Form1.Top
End Sub

[neicedover1982]

I do this in one of my games. What I do is I set a form with a border and then all the other forms open up (with no border) positioned directly over the other form. This way there is only 1 label in the taskbar and I can keep it from flickering when forms change.

[RhinoBull]

I have 2 forms. when a button is clicked form1 loads form2. I have that button hide form1 when opening form2 but where the forms show on the taskbar jumps around and you caln see a form being shown and one being hiden. How can i make this smooth without looking like forms are changing on the taskbar. ...

I don't think I even understand what you're after so can you ellaborate please? Do you want Form2 to be shown in Taskbar or not?

[SllX]

I don't think I even understand what you're after so can you ellaborate please? Do you want Form2 to be shown in Taskbar or not?

When i switch back and fortth from form1 and form2 i want the active form to show on the taskbar.

[RhinoBull]

Aha...
I think you can do something similar to what I did in the sample project I posted in this thread (post #25) .