Hi There,
Im trying to create a tabbed style main form, so that all my forms which are open can be tabbed between within the mdi
To do this im using a tab control and each time a form is opened creating a new tab and adding the form i want to show to the controls collection.
This work ok, however i need to show dialog forms so that the user can select from a list of values.
i do this by passing a sql query to a function within form which contains a listview and a private string variable, the result are shown in the listview and when the user double clicks the listview the variable is assigned a value and this is returned by the forms function.
In order for this to work correctly i need the form which called my list form to "pause" until the user selects a value and the form closes. so i use f.showdialog.
The problem is, if tab 1 for instance contains a customer maintenance form and the user clicks the select customer button i need to value list form to only be modal for that tab and not lock the whole app, ie while the dialog form is open the user should still be able to tab through any other forms they may have open.
VB doesnt allow me to add a dialog form to another control
Anyone got any ideas? or ways i could make it so my select value list doesnt need to be modal?
Cheers
Daniel
Im trying to create a tabbed style main form, so that all my forms which are open can be tabbed between within the mdi
To do this im using a tab control and each time a form is opened creating a new tab and adding the form i want to show to the controls collection.
This work ok, however i need to show dialog forms so that the user can select from a list of values.
i do this by passing a sql query to a function within form which contains a listview and a private string variable, the result are shown in the listview and when the user double clicks the listview the variable is assigned a value and this is returned by the forms function.
In order for this to work correctly i need the form which called my list form to "pause" until the user selects a value and the form closes. so i use f.showdialog.
The problem is, if tab 1 for instance contains a customer maintenance form and the user clicks the select customer button i need to value list form to only be modal for that tab and not lock the whole app, ie while the dialog form is open the user should still be able to tab through any other forms they may have open.
VB doesnt allow me to add a dialog form to another control
Anyone got any ideas? or ways i could make it so my select value list doesnt need to be modal?
Cheers
Daniel
