Problem with VB forms

obscurum · August 11th, 2009, 04:51 AM

Hi everyone!

I'm newbie in Visual Basic.
I have a question that refers to basics of windows programming.
I have 2 forms, and i know how to load each and close each, but i don't know how to close second form with first one.
I have tried with this code:

Dim myform1 as New Form2
myform1.Close()

But this code closes only new created form, and old (parent) form remains active.

If i try without New, complete program crashes!
So if you know something, please help me.
TNX

gbianchi · August 11th, 2009, 08:05 AM

There are several ways to do this.

Easy one, is to have a variable that points to each form, and then close the form from there.

obscurum · August 11th, 2009, 08:55 AM

You mean to use a pointer ...
I know how to do it in C or C++ but i never saw something like that in VB. Is there any site with some code examples?

Maybe there is another way, something with classes (forms) themselves.
Can I change "private" property of form to "public", so i can access it from another form without any referencing?

gbianchi · August 11th, 2009, 09:15 AM

No.. not a pointer..

This is easier (is an easier language)... For the sake of brebety, just define a public variable on a public module, when you dim your form, use that variable to hold the form.. and then you can access it for everywhere....