Check if form is modal? 1

[gny]

Hi!
After my form has been opened I need to check whether or not it was opened using Show() or ShowDialog().

Does anyone know if this can be checked using a built-in property or if I have to shadow ShowDialog() and remember myself that the form is modal, as in:

public shadows sub ShowDialog()
   _IsModal = True
   MyBase.ShowDialog()
end sub

Thanks.

 

[gny]

Silly me, I missed the Form.Modal property which does the trick....

 

[VBakias]

ERr.. what's the difference between these ".show()" and ".showdialog()" ?

 

[ThatRickGuy]

.Show will open the form and the code in the calling sub will continue executing and the user can interact with the parent form.

.ShowDialog will open the form and halt the code in the calling sub and prevent the user from interacting with the parent form until the dialog form is closed.

This of a print dialog, or file save/open dialog, or a message box. You can't interact with the parent form until that dialog form closes.

-Rick

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[VBakias]

Thanks Rick

 

[ThatRickGuy]

An easy way to see the difference in behavior:

Sample #1: .Show

dim f as form
f.show
msgbox("Form Opened!")

Sample #2: .ShowDialog

dim f as form
f.showdialog
msgbox("Form Closed!")

In the first sample, as soon as the form begins loading, a message box will appear.

In the second sample, the message box won't appear until the form is closed.

-Rick

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