mdi form wont open in mdi parent

[696796]

hi,

i am trying to develop an mdi style system so that one parent form holds all child forms. I think i have set up the mdi form correctly, but i cant get some forms to open inside the mdi.

for instance i have a main menu form that does open in the mdi, which has buttons on it which i want to link to other pages. with the code below i have placed on the buttons, the form opens a new window.

    Private Sub btnRaiseCar_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRaiseCar.Click
        Dim frmCar As New frmCar
        With frmCar
            .Text = "Child " & Me.MdiChildren.GetLength(0)
            .WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
            .ControlBox = True
            .Show()

        End With
    End Sub

i think i may be missing some code assigning the mdiarent but am unsure - the mdi parent form is called mdiCAR.

Thanks, alex

 

[TipGiver]

Add inside the With block:

.MdiParent = Me

 

[696796]

Thanks for your reply...

wish it was that easy! the form that the button is located on isnt the mdi form, its a form contained in the mdi - so i did that for my form mainmenu (with all the linking buttons on). I think i need to reference the mdiCar form. hows that done?

 

[TipGiver]

try .MdiParent = Me.parentform

 

[696796]

Thanks, i used .MdiParent = mdiCAR.ActiveForm