How do I bring a control ontop of the others at runtime?

[lumin]

How do I make a Control get ontop of the other controlls at runtime?
For example I want a frame I have made to go ontop of a text box when a user push a button.
I have tried the folowing without any luck.

fraMenu.Visible = True
-
fraMenu.Enabled = True

Thanks.


-Lumin

[Dafly]

Use zOrder to set the position of a control at runtime ie.

FraMenu.zOrder = 0 '0 = top of other controls
FraMenu.zOrder = 1 '1 = bottom of other controls



Hope this helps
Jeremy

[lumin]

Thanks. It realy looked like it could work.. but somehow I get an error while using it.

fraMenu.ZOrder = 0

Error message: "Expected function or variable"

anyone know why ?

here is the code that I use the function in

Select Case txtChatSend.Text
    Case "?Connect", "?connect":
         fraConnect.ZOrder = 0
         txtChatSend.Text = ""
         Exit Sub
    Case "?Help", "?help":
         rtfChatDisplay.Text = rtfChatDisplay.Text & "help is on its way..."
         rtfChatDisplay.SelStart = Len(rtfChatDisplay.Text)
         txtChatSend.Text = ""
         Exit Sub
    Case "?Clear", "?clear":
         rtfChatDisplay.Text = ""
         rtfChatDisplay.SelStart = Len(rtfChatDisplay.Text)
         txtChatSend.Text = ""
         Exit Sub
  End Select

is there any problem using ZOrder in a case function?

Thanks.


-Lumin

[Dafly]

Sorry about that it was a mistake on my part I use the = and you cant on Zorder, try


FraMenu.Zorder 0 'Control ontop
FraMenu.Zorder 1 'Control On Bottom

This should work for you,
Jeremy

[lumin]

Thanks a lot, it realy worked

I feel a little dumb that I didn't try that myself

Anyway Thanks a lot for the help.


-Lumin

[JeffSM]

When I need make controls appears and desappears I create groups of controls in a picuteBox and when I wish make visible/unvisible I just set the visible property of the PictureBox!

Jefferson