VS 2008 New Form Instance?
Jul 15, 2009I have a form template on my IDE, I want to open a new instance of it depending on what button is clicked, how can I do this?
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Creating Single Instance Form In MDI Application - Check Whether Form's Instance Created Or Not?
Feb 8, 2012creating single instance form in MDI Application. How to check whether form's instance created or not?
View 6 RepliesVS 2008 MDI Multiple Instance Of Same Form?
Mar 24, 2010I am in the process of trying to build an app that will permit multiple instances of the same form be added to an mdiparent as seperate mdichildren. The reason for this is that the child's data is based on a sql table's row information. Thus child one shows requested data from row 1, child two shows requested data from row 3 etc.
I have this setup so that each child is its own seperate tab in a tabcontrol. My problem is that after the second instance of the child is created the form in the first tab is disappearing after the line:
child.midparent = me
I don't understand what is causing this.
Dim child As Form = Support
Dim tab1 As New TabPage
child.MdiParent = Me
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VS 2008 Setting Form Instance To Nothing?
Jun 25, 2009in Old vb/VBA, I am accustomed to doing THIS when I instance a form object (as in "pop-up"):
Private WithEvents SomePopUpForm As Form_PopUpForm
Private Sub cmdEdit_Click()
Set SomePopUpForm = New Form_SomePopUpForm
SomePopUpFOrm.Visible = True
End Sub
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2008 Debugging - Form That Creates An Instance Of A New Class
Dec 8, 2009I have a form that creates an instance of a New Class. The code is simple so there is no issues with the programming.
I can step through the code on the Main Form without issues. Stepping Into moves from 1 line to the next.
I can't seem to debug the code within the class though. I set breakpoints but "stepping into" doesn't work. The code gets executed, but it doesn't step through each instruction.
I've tried changing many of the options within Tools > Debug with no luck.
I've tried deleting files from bindebug and obdebug.
Not being able to debug my programs.
VS 2008 Check If Form Is Loaded Before Starting Another Instance
May 19, 2009I have a Parent form that loads a child form and I only want to allow one instance of the child form. I have this on the button to open the form. Stepping through the code with the debugger it "appears" to work OK when the form is open (I say appears because nothing changes) but when the form is closed it doesn't open as I would expect. What am I missing?
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Create New Instance Of A Form That Does Not Close Then The Parent Form Closes?
Oct 28, 2009I have been making a webbrowser for a while now, everything works well, except i am unable to make the 'open in a new window' button work right. So far i have managed to get a new instance of my form to open with the right url, but i am unable to keep that new form open when the orginal parent form closes.
Code:
Private Sub WebBrowser1_NewWindow(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles WebBrowser1.NewWindow
e.Cancel = True
Dim Href As String
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.net - Finding Out Which Instance Of A Form Initiated Another Form Or Module
Oct 5, 2010I'm trying to figure out the best way to reference a control on a form from within a module. Unfortunately the form is just an instance, so it's not as easy as calling form.control...
Dim ChildForm As New frmSearch
' Make it a child of this MDI form before showing it. '
ChildForm.MdiParent = Me
ChildForm.Show()
That form has an option for printing, which calls another form where certain options are chosen. The print form in turn calls a function in a module, which tries to reference back to the origional form.
childform as new frmSearch -> frmPrintForm -> sub okToPrint (in module Print)
okToPrint tries to reference a listview on frmSearch, but can't find it.
For Each itmX In frmSearch.lstResults.Items
So the solutions I can think of off the top of my head are:
1. Somehow divine which form is the caller of frmPrintForm
2. Pass ChildForm to the frmPrintForm as a variable to be passed on to module Print..
3. Use frmSearch directly instead of using an instance of it.
Number 1 would be my preference, as I don't want to have to pass forms around like that.
Call Form In One Instance Only?
Jun 21, 2010I have so many form in different module in one solution. I already instantiate a new Form as a global variables in my parent form. Then, call the code
frm.show()
in my button1 event
Call New Form Instance?
Sep 2, 2009I have program requirement, I need to call an existing form to an MDI form by using a new form button and when I click it of course it will show my existing form, but I want is to create a new instance of the existing form, which make the the other forms different from one another inheriting the controls of the form I called. What I mean is I can create many child forms inheriting the controls of the existing form I called.
Dim newform as new System.windows.form
'this the function will call when on click the new form
Public Function newform()
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Creating New Form Instance?
Jul 7, 2011I have a form with a button. I want the button to show a new instance of the same form but I don't know what to do. I'm working in vb.net 2010
View 3 RepliesDefault Instance Of Form In .Net But Not In C#?
Jan 15, 2011there is The (Name) property, which represents the name of the Form class.This property is used within the namespace to uniquely identify the class that the Form is an instance of and, in the case of Visual Basic, is used to access the default instance of the form.
Now where this Default Instance come from, why can't C# have a equivalent method to this.Also for example to show a form in C# we do something like this:
//Only method
Form1 frm = new Form1();
frm.Show();
But in VB.Net we have both ways to do it:
//'First common method (used slash because editor wouldn't format it properly)
Form1.Show();
//'Second method
Dim frm as New Form1();
frm.Show();
1) My question comes from this first method. What is this Form1, is it an instance of Form1 or the Form1 class itself. Now as i mentioned above the Form name is the Default instance in VB.Net. But we also know that Form1 is a class defined in Designer so how can the names be same for both the Instance and class name. If Form1 is Class then there is no (StaticShared) method named Show().So where does this method come from.
2) What difference they have in the generated IL
3) And finally why C# can't have an equivalent of this.
Have Single Instance Of Form?
Mar 15, 2007I have windows application and a form. If I open a form named "DetailForm" from main form named "Main1" by clicking the button, it should open only once. The problem I am having is, it is opening many instance of the form every time you click the button.
View 8 RepliesHave Single Instance Of The Form?
Jan 19, 2011I then have an iteration (For Each loop) which lists all of the OUs on our site (set by the filter property). The issue here is within my treeview it lists everything without mimicing the AD structure we have.When searching on this it seems i have to change the search path to be one below the current OU and add it to my child node. I believe the search path is held in my RootDSE??, but when i look for the distinguishedName and try to pass that in i receive an
View 1 RepliesName Of Startup Form Instance?
Aug 2, 2010this might be a really dumb question, but if someone could enlighten me I'm writing a Winforms application in VS2008 vb.net.The application starts with a main form. I've got a status bar at the bottom of the main form, indicating the application status. I've got a 'SetAppStatus' method on the Main form.
I'm writing a class that needs to update this status. So in the class I'm Importing the Main Form. But I don't know how to call this SetAppStatus method because I don't know what the instance of the main form is called Plus am I doing this the right way? I'm still grappling a bit with how .NET all fits together and it can get a bit baffling :)
Open Only One Instance Of An MDI Form
Apr 26, 2004I am using the following code to open an MDI form from a parent form...
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Reference A Particular Instance Of The Form?
Apr 1, 2012I am currently trying to reference a new form that has been created, but I am unsure how I reference a particular instance of the form.
The form that has been created can have up to 4 different instances. Each one is created from the menu. The code that is executed is identical, with a parameter passed 1,2,3,or 4 The form is created with
Dim newScreenDisplay As New ScreenDisplay
and has all the usual text boxes and buttons etc. on it.The display is then kept up to date by refreshing it from variables. This task is performed by a background thread.What I can't work out is how to reference the specific instance of the form that I created as they all have the same name (newScreenDisplay).
Reference An Instance Of A Form?
Apr 26, 2010I'm showing a form like this[code]...
Then I am trying to update a progressbar on that form from a public sub in a module, but I don't know how to reference it. I can't use "Me" because I'm not doing the updating in the forms code
Second Instance Of A Form Displaying
Nov 10, 2009I've been working on a project now for some time and as a result, when I have something new to try out, I do a little "proof of concept" project and then port it over to my real project (mainly to make it easier to follow when trying to work out new issues).Up to now, I've been relatively successful at it.But here's what I'm running into with this particular project.First, a little background.When the operator enters data into certain input fields (textboxes), either a listview or a datagridview appears displaying multiple columns of information.Once the line is selected with the proper info (equip. id or type of job or whatever), that info gets displayed in the textbox.The problem occurs when display is clipped by the window size.Let's assume for simplicity sake that I can't enlarge the display window.
So I rethought that and decided to create another form that has no borders and the only item displayed is a bound dgv.So I created a proof of concept project that consisted of two forms: form 1 that contains a text box and form 2 that contains a dgv control.when run, form 1 is displayed.When I type a character in the textbox, it calls form 2 and searches the dgv for the first char I entered.Since form 2 is the current form, as I enter additional chars, I build the string, search and if the chars are valid input chars, echo them to the textbox.Once the data line on the gridview is found, the tab key is used to do the select, close form2 (the dgv) and populate the textbox of form 1.This all worked.That is until I tried to port it over into my real project.This is where I'm obviously missing some key aspect of VB.Net and how all the forms and threads and handles work.To get right to the issue and skip alot of what happens in my real project, I was able to duplicate the problem by just creating one more form in my proof of concept project that just has a button on it.That button when pressed, brings up form 1.When I start to type in the textbox, after I enter the first character, form 2 displays, which is as expected. But when I enter the second search character, a second instance of form 2 opens and it searchs for the second character I typed.If I enter another character, it gets added to the second char and located in the dgv of the second instance of form2.When I press the tab key, textbox of form 1 does not get updated but the second form2 does close.The first form2 remains.
Test For Instance Of A Form?
Aug 30, 2011I have a form (frmResults) that contains a button (btnConsole) which when clicked it tests if the class level variable (cv_frmConsole) is Nothing.If so, it opens a new instance of a form (frmResultsConsole).When the user closes frmResultsConsole,then clicks btnConsole my code throws an exception, because the code below "Else" is run.I want to properly test if an instance of frmResultsConsole already exists.If so, show the form even if the user minimized it or it's hidden.If not, open a new instance.
Public Class frmResults
Private cv_frmConsole As frmResultsConsole = Nothing
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Access Form Property With Instance?
May 15, 2012In Windows Forms (Vb.net) how can I access the properties without instance (new) ?Form1.Property = "" ? the property deceleration is not static? what is called this way of deceleration?While you can't access Class1.Property!
View 1 RepliesChange Location Of Second Instance Of Form?
Aug 15, 2010Inside a module I have the code:
Public frmClue2 As New frmClue
So I have a new instance of frmClue. Inside my main form I have the code:
frmClue2.Owner = frmClue
frmClue2.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual
frmClue2.Location = SecondaryScreen.Bounds.Location
frmClue2.Show()
The code works except for setting the location. The location is initially set to {X = -3 Y = -3} and it will not change. I have tried to set it to new Point(1440, 0) and that does not work. One interesting thing I found was if I declared the new instance of the form locally inside my main form rather than in the module, then the initial location is set to {X = -1 Y = -1} and I can change it no problem. However anytime the code leaves the main form, the instance disappears hence why I declare it as public in the module. I used the same code to create a new instance of the main form as well and there are no problems.
Checking The Visibility Of A New Form Instance?
Jul 18, 2012I am using VB.Net 2003 (version 1.1) and I am attempting to open some forms with:
Dim myform As New FormX
If myform.Visible = False Then
myform.Show
End If
Problem is, no matter what, a New instance of the form opens. How do I check if an instance of myform is already open?
Code Is Opening A New Second Instance Of The First Form?
Sep 16, 2010I have 3 forms, say Form1, Form2, Form3. Form1 has a public method assigning an image to a picture box:
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The problem is that this code is Opening a new second instance of the first form (Form1), when I see in debug mode and move my cursor over the frmPers variable, It's value is Nothing, altough I am seen it at the screen ¿Why is this? I am loosing my hair after three days trying several forms to do it without any results.
Form Does Not Open Correctly On Second Instance?
Jan 18, 2012Form does not open correctly on second instance
View 4 RepliesMake An Single Instance Form?
Aug 4, 2010I have a mdicontainer form that summons forms. My problem is when the a user clicks again the menu for that form, it also make another instance of it.
What I did is declare a public class with a public variable on it ex: Boolean isFormOneOpen = false. Then every time formOne opens, it checks first the global variable I declared a while ago if it's false, if it is, instantiate an object of a formOne and then show it. Otherwise, do nothing. Very static, imagine if I have many forms, I have to declare a variable for each form to check if it's already open. Maybe a method that accepts a Form? Or any more clever way to do this.
Prevent A Second Instance Of A Form To Be Created?
Jul 29, 2010I need my program to open just one instance of each form, and if the person clicks again on the button that opens a form that is already showing, the form should only be brought to front (probably with the "bringtofront" method). How do I do this?I tried checking if the form "is nothing" before showing it, but if I close it and then try to open it again it doesn't work.
View 4 RepliesReplace Default Form Instance?
Feb 18, 2011I am using VB at the moment and VB has an annoying feature called "Default Form Instance", which creates a default instance of a form object when you reference the form class instead of form instance.[code]....
View 2 RepliesUse E.Graphics To Draw On The Second Instance Of A Form?
Aug 16, 2010I have a form called frmMain and I created a second instance of the form to display on a second monitor using the code:
Public
frmMain2 as new frmMain
I am trying to prevent flickering when I switch between forms by overriding the OnPaintBackground event and drawing a background image in OnPaint. The OnPaint code works great for frmMain, but any time I use an e.Graphics... command it only applies to frmMain and not frmMain2. I'm thinking I either need to have a separate override for the OnPaint event for frmMain 2 or use e.Graphics.to draw on the second monitor, but I don't know how to do either. I have drawn on the second monitor outside of OnPaint by using:
Dim g as Graphics = CreateGraphics()
Dim g2 as Graphics = frmMain2.CreateGraphics
Then I use g.DrawImage for frmMain and g2.DrawImage for frmMain2. This does not work inside of OnPaint. I tried it and everything gets drawn on the first monitor.
Creating A VB Form For Adding Instance In A Database
Apr 16, 2009Now I have created this order form but when I click on the ADD button nothing happens. I expect when I click on the item automatically the data is added to my database. i am using SQL Server 2005
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