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Marvin van Dongen

2005-04-28, 8:55 pm

Hello,

I'm having a weird problem with an MDI form and it's children.I have a main
MDIForm and two children. On the main form there are is an Explorer control
(www.vbaccelerator.com) to switch between the forms. On startup, form1 is
loaded. Then i click the item to load form2, wich goes fine. When form2 is
loaded, it first hides form1 and then shows form2. Then when i want to
switch back to form1, form2 is hidden and form1 is showed again. However,
form1 isn't showed! When i look at the debug, after the Form1.show command:
nothing happens. Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?

Thnx in advance,

Marvin


Peter Aitken

2005-04-28, 8:55 pm

"Marvin van Dongen" <marvinNOvdongenSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:42713f7c$0$98428$dbd43001@news.wanadoo.nl...
> Hello,
>
> I'm having a weird problem with an MDI form and it's children.I have a
> main MDIForm and two children. On the main form there are is an Explorer
> control (www.vbaccelerator.com) to switch between the forms. On startup,
> form1 is loaded. Then i click the item to load form2, wich goes fine. When
> form2 is loaded, it first hides form1 and then shows form2. Then when i
> want to switch back to form1, form2 is hidden and form1 is showed again.
> However, form1 isn't showed! When i look at the debug, after the
> Form1.show command: nothing happens. Can anyone tell me what i'm doing
> wrong?
>
> Thnx in advance,
>
> Marvin
>


Are you sure you need MDI forms for this app?


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Marvin van Dongen

2005-04-28, 8:55 pm

Yes, because there are about 30 forms to come :-).

Marvin

"Peter Aitken" <paitken@CRAPnc.rr.com> schreef in bericht
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> "Marvin van Dongen" <marvinNOvdongenSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:42713f7c$0$98428$dbd43001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>
> Are you sure you need MDI forms for this app?
>
>
> --
> Peter Aitken
>
> Remove the crap from my email address before using.
>



Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]

2005-04-28, 8:55 pm


"Marvin van Dongen" <marvinNOvdongenSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[color=darkred]
> Yes, because there are about 30 forms to come :-).


The number of forms in an application has absolutely no bearing on whether
it should be MDI vs. SDI.


Marvin van Dongen

2005-04-28, 8:55 pm

You are right, but the choice between SDI or MDI is not the question
here.....

Marvin

"Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" <i.get@enough.spam> schreef in bericht
news:udApxDDTFHA.3244@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
> "Marvin van Dongen" <marvinNOvdongenSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4271469f$0$48945$dbd4f001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>
>
>
> The number of forms in an application has absolutely no bearing on whether
> it should be MDI vs. SDI.
>



Peter Aitken

2005-04-29, 3:55 pm

Reply at the bottom where it belongs.

"Marvin van Dongen" <marvinNOvdongenSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4271469f$0$48945$dbd4f001@news.wanadoo.nl...
> Yes, because there are about 30 forms to come :-).
>
> Marvin
>
> "Peter Aitken" <paitken@CRAPnc.rr.com> schreef in bericht
> news:uRVdY%23CTFHA.3980@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>


What does the number of forms have to do with MDI or not MDI? Nothing as far
as I know. MDI is for the specific situation where you need forms that are
exactly identical except for the data they contain.


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Peter Aitken

2005-04-29, 3:55 pm

Reply at the bottom where it belongs.

"Marvin van Dongen" <marvinNOvdongenSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:427149fc$0$43939$dbd4f001@news.wanadoo.nl...
> You are right, but the choice between SDI or MDI is not the question
> here.....
>
> Marvin
>
> "Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" <i.get@enough.spam> schreef in bericht
> news:udApxDDTFHA.3244@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>


I think it is. Your problem I believe stems from using MDI instead of SDI.


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Ken Halter

2005-04-29, 8:55 pm

"Peter Aitken" <paitken@CRAPnc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Reply at the bottom where it belongs.


No fair complaining about top vs bottom posting without >trimming your
replies!< <g>

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Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]

2005-04-29, 8:55 pm


"Peter Aitken" <paitken@CRAPnc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:upZwqNOTFHA.3464@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

[color=darkred]
> I think it is. Your problem I believe stems from using MDI instead of SDI.


I think he means "the decision has been made and will not be changed,
therefore I want an answer as to how to deal with the limitations of the
framework that has been selected." In other words, "please tell me how big a
hammer we need because we're not going to change the square peg to a round
one."


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