MODAL forms and MDI Children

[sodakotahusker]

I was going to do the following:

I have a form with some pieces of information in a grid. User double clicks on a row and a new form with input of the details for this data pops open. User saves data - and I update the grid back on the parent form. I was going to use a modal form for the details, store the values in a static struct upon the save, unload the modal form and then populate the grid in the parent form by referencing the struct. All the pieces were in place but when I run it I find out that apparently I can not call a form modally from an MDI child form.

How else can I accomplish this task? Can I refer back to the this.parent to run a public function (it does not look it). How can I know that the secondary form has been closed and the grid can be refreshed?

 

[Korach]

I do this a lot and it works. You can't make a modal form in a MDI environment only if you set the modal form MdiParent property. If you leave it null, it should work.

 

[sodakotahusker]

I figured out the problem already. I a block of code (that I copied from the guy leading the project that had
a line setting the parent of the form to the mdi form. I removed that and it works like a champ. Thanks!