At one point I have a dialog form open, but in order to process it, the user might want to access information on other (open) forms. This would necessitate the ability to move/resize/scroll the other forms, but obviously everything is frozen during the dialog. I don't suppose it's possible to achieve this "semi-modal" state, where other forms can be browsed, but no other actions taken?
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I often use the process of displaying a dialog from a form, with the dialog user input then used to update the main form without any problem. In a new scenerio I launch the main application screen, I then show a login dialog ontop of the main app screen and can launch another dialog from the login if a new user is required. The plan is to update the login dialog (updating a combobox to reflect the addition of a new user) from the new user dialog.
See code below :-
'Update login forms user list as new user added successfully
frmRoomBookingLogin.cboLogin.DataSource = Nothing
frmRoomBookingLogin.txtPassword.Text = "Updating password from dialog"
MessageBox.Show("The password text is " & frmRoomBookingLogin.txtPassword.Text)
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The messagebox implies the dialog has been updated yet the text does not change. Is it possible to update the dialog when using a setup such as Form -> dialog -> dialog? I'm intrigued as why the dialog does not reflect changes. I have never refreshed/repainted the dialog as never required to in my other examples when updating a form from a dialog and never encountered a problem when using a two tier form setup.
I want to clear the history in an open file dialog, so that previous opened files won't be shown if a user clicks on the drop down arrow behind "File name". I have created an open file dialog and named it "ofd_openen".
Then I 've tried:
ofd_Openen.SafeFileNames = False
and also
ofd_Openen.FileNames.Clear()
but that doesn't work.
How can I have the Main Form of my app mininized while a Dialog is stil open and avalable for resieving text from the user.
View 4 RepliesI have made a little programme where the user can put in a name to search for a contact.The matches then fill a Datagrid and the user can then choose the one they want and the programm then opens the contact form (from outlook client)The Contact form opens ok, and it brings up the correct contact. If the user then selects the option to "Email" from that from I then get the error message"A Dialog is open" etc...
My code is as follows
Sub GetContact()
Dim objOutlook As Outlook.Application
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
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It seems to be due to Outlook being open or opening?
As part of a new program, I need 2 forms and an openfiledialog. On Form1, a button event opens Form2. Form2 has an openfiledialog triggered by a button shown below.
'Form1's button to open Form2
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
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Can I create new dialog results for my dialog forms? And then use them with Form.ShowDialog method?
View 13 RepliesIs there a way to launch a Modeless Dialog that stays active even when a Modal Dialog is launched? Can I put the Modeless Dialog in a seperate Thread or something like that?
View 3 RepliesWhen I open my child form,
frm_Analogs.ShowDialog()
It opens up the new form, but now I can not interact with my main form. It will not accept focus or allow me to interact with it.
Do I need to change the form type?
how can i do that? first form close and second open........i did that but first is only hiding not close
View 2 RepliesI have a dialog which opens another dialog. The problem is that the second dialog opens behind the first. Is there a way to stop this from happening? I tried bringtofront with no success.
View 2 RepliesI have two windows forms,say frm1 and frm2. I have to open frm2 from frm1 and frm1 from frm2.when one form opens other hide. But the the problem is that everytime when i open the form new object of the form is created which increase the memory usage of the application.What should be the efficient way to switch from one window form to another in vb.net.
View 2 RepliesI have a form which has has a bound data source (generated automatically by VB - table adapter, binding source etc).How do I use the Form.Show method to open the form ready to enter a new record. Is there a simple way of doing this?
View 4 RepliesI am using MDI forms and I would like when a button is clicked, if the form is already open. it just puts it on top instead of opening the same form again.
View 2 Repliesmay i know is that possibleto assign the form a shortcut key like crtl 0 to load/open the form?
View 2 RepliesI have a question that I hope to find a much more simpler solution to.I have two forms in my program which are named Main and Second. The Second form has several textboxs, buttons (some disabled) and comboboxes. When the Second form is opened via the Main form on the very first instance, everything works fine.
However, if I re-open the Second form after previously closing it, the disabled buttons are no longer disabled and the text controls and comboboxes show the previous values entered from the first instance which I do not want. How can I ensure that the Second form will be opened "clean" every time.
Currently I have to add instances to the onload event to do this to ensure that the form is cleared on the second instance.textbox1.text = ""textbox2.text = ""textbox3.text = ""button1.enabled = False
I have a small "options" form that when shown, the user submits some changes, clicks a button, and then it fades out. I want the form to open at the mouse location. How would I do that?
View 1 RepliesI have a situation where I am opening a SaveFileDialog box but it opens underneath my form instead of over it. This is causing my users some confusion. Does anyone know of a way to force that dialog box to be topmost at all times?
View 12 RepliesI have a main form that hides when i open other forms from it. On the child forms i have a menu strip with file:exit and help:about. When i click on file:exit the form closes and the main form opens. using the following:
[CODE]........................
That all works fine. What ineed is to get the same results when a user clicks on the x in the top right corner.
wen i open mdi through the login form, the forms inside the mdi child forms dont seem to execute.
View 2 RepliesI have a few forms that have a lot of really intensive updating along with a great deal of user interface (text boxes, button clicking etc) Is it possible to open a separate form as a separate UI thread from the start up form that called it to "show" or open or whatever the new method might be?
View 6 RepliesI want to open a dialog from another one's menu, but when I do this, the second one wouldn't open. The code is the following one:[code...]
View 3 RepliesAfter deploying and installing my application I use the app to create and save a file with my own file extension. After the file is created I right-click on the file and select Open With.. so that I can associate this file extension with my application. In the Open With dialog I use the Browse button to find my application and select it. In the Open With dialog the application icon is shown, but the name of the app is blank (looks like an empty string). Can anyone tell me why this might be happening? I've looked at the Registry, which shows the correct app, but every time I open the Open With dialog only the application icon is displayed, no name.
View 2 RepliesI'm developing a WinForms app in VB.NET, that handles sets of style data, and when the user clicks on another set's label, it prompts through a dialog "You are leaving this style preset to edit another one. keep changes on this one? [Yes] [No]".But, I'm facing the problem that, when the user clicks either option, and the dialog closes, everything has to be refreshed, and loading the form again seems a good option.[code]But as soon as that sub is called from the prompt, it crashes the application. (doesn't show an error in debug, simply crashes) How should I, from a given dialog, close the dialog, it's parent, and re-open it's parent? (which triggers all the Dialog_Load() code of the parent)
View 2 RepliesFirstly, how can i make an open button, so i can open saved html pages.Secondly, how can i save html pages in my browser.
View 4 RepliesHow do i make it that when i hit a button file dialog opens and i can select a text file from my computer
then output the text file into listbox1.text
I'm having the reverse problem as this thread.We save off data in several formats, one of which is .XLS, however, some users may not have MS Office installed already, so I want to allow them to use the OS's "open with" dialog to associate with notepad or something so they can open the file.[code]...
View 2 RepliesI have a form that I am calling by using showdialog(). In that form, there is a button that will call another form by using showdialog(). When I close the second dialog box, it also closes the first dialog box. Is there some way to keep the first dialog open?
View 10 RepliesI have built a Dialog which contains a TreeView. Now, when I invoke this Dialog, I need passing a value based on which a node of the TreeView will be selected. I need help in knowing how do I pass a value to the Dialog?
View 2 RepliesI am trying to use the open file dialog box in VB 2005 to open up an existing txt, or rtf file from a directory into a rich text box. I am able to get the Open file dialog to appear and the directories, but when I try to open the file it doesnt import it into the text box. Here is the code I am using
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