Can I have a form inside a form?

[LonnieJohnson]

In MS Access there is what is called a sub form. Does such a concept exist in winforms? More specifically in WPF, I would like to have a main form (sort of like a master page in asp.dot). Then I would have a menu in the main or master form that calls, loads or alternates sub forms or child forms into the main form.

I am sure it can be done because there seems to be no limit to what you can do with vb.net.

Thanks in advance.

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[mansii]

If I got your question correctly, the [blue]Controls.Add[/blue] will do.

 

[LonnieJohnson]

Thank you so much. Do you have any sample code? Would I add a new window to the current window?

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[RiverGuy]

No clue about WPF, but this is how you do it in WinForms:

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim f2 As New Form2
        f2.TopLevel = False
        Me.Controls.Add(f2)
        f2.Show()
    End Sub

 

[LonnieJohnson]

Thanks RiverGuy,

I actually saw this code in another post you had submitted. I tried it but it did not quite work for the WPF objects. I will keep trying to tweek it.

Thanks again.

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[LonnieJohnson]

Using RiverGuy's code I get a couple of errors.

The first was on the f2.TopLevel = False line. I had to replace it with f2.Topmost = False. But I cannot run it still because it does not like the Me.Controls.Add(f2). It is saying that controls is not a member of the class.

For WPF what is the equivilent for a window or page vs the Controls in a form?

Thanks.

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[mansii]

Perhaps this link

http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/wpf-vs-windows-forms/

can give you the right direction.

Regards.