[2005] Help with Locking Application please

[Jonny1409]

Hello,

I wonder if anyone can help me please ?

I have a time on my app which counts down from a user specified number, then when it reaches zero, the application closes.

This works fine.

However, I'd like to change this so that instead of the app closing, it simply hides the main app and takes you back to the splash screen forcing you to log in again.

The reason for this, is that if I log back in once the app has closed, I don't go back to exactly where I was - whereas if I simply hide the form, when I go back in I would.

The process I use is :

When the timer reaches zero.....
1) Disable the time
2) Hide the main form
3) Create new instance of Splash Form
4) Once the user logs in again, show the main form and enable the timer.

and the code I'm using to accomplish this is :

IdleTimer1.Enabled = False
FMain.Hide()
Dim f2nd As New frmSplash
f2nd.ShowDialog()
FMain.Show()
IdleTimer1.Enabled = True

However, I've noticed a problem in that this will only hide the main form - if the user is in one of the other forms in the app, then this will not be hidden (The app isn't an MDI app)

I actually need all open forms to be hidden once the timer reaches zero, then when the user logs back in, I need the same forms to be open as they were.

Is this possible ?
If so, can anyone shed any light on how I do it ?

Thanks in advance.

[stanav]

My.Application.OpenForms returns a collection of open forms. You just have to loop thru the collection and hide each one of them.

[Jonny1409]

Thanks stanav,

I'll have a look into this - thanks for your help, I appreciate it.