Hi,

How do i link or move from one form to another in one application?

Shananne

Hi Mate,

I am sure you have already found the answer to this question however just incase anyone else wishes to know.

 

The easiest way to complete this task is (take into account the form names might not actually be form1 and form2)

form1.hide

form2.show

Hi,

Its not like that you have to link manually a form to another. See you have 2 mothods. Form.Show and Form.Hide

Where ever you want to show Form1, just call Form1.show.....want to visible false....form1.visible=false

Thats it...........

 Ramesh Sambari

Hi,

Thanks alot,

Regards,

Shanaya

 OK, I also understand that, but.... is there an easy way to transfer data from one "hidden" form to the other "shown" form? Form1-the hidden form -- is using a timer - "countdown", but I want the data from form1 to be shown in form2.

krashcraft 

Hi

Declare a public variable in Form1

Public s As String
Private Sub Form_Load()
 s = "Hello"
 Form2.Show
End Sub

For Form2 to read the string variable s

Private Sub Form_Load()
 MsgBox Form1.s
End Sub

 

 OK, what is happening here:

Form 1 -- textbox and button

Form 2 -- textbox and button

Form 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 

    Public s As String

    Private Sub Command1_Click()
        s = Text1.Text
        Form2.Show
        Form1.Hide

    End Sub

Form 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 

    Private Sub Command1_Click()
          Form2.Hide
          Form1.Show
    End Sub

    Private Sub Form_Load()
         Text1.Text = Form1.s
     End Sub
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<>Everything works fine the first time. I enter text into Form1 textbox, click the button and it is displayed in Form2 textbox, then I click on Form2 button and Form 1 is displayed again.

but.....

When I change the text in Form1 textbox and click the button again, the textbox in Form2 is the same as the first. It doesn't get updated.

Keith 

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The problem is with Form_Load()

This is only called once to initalise the form

Use Form_Activate() , this will execute eachtime the form is shown.

i.e.

Form 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Public s As String

    Private Sub Command1_Click()
        s = Text1.Text
        Form2.Show
        Form1.Hide

    End Sub

    Private Sub Form_Activate()
         Text1.Text = s
     End Sub
Form 2 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Private Sub Command1_Click()
          Form2.Hide
   Form1.s = Text1.Text
          Form1.Show
    End Sub

    Private Sub Form_Activate()
         Text1.Text = Form1.s
     End Sub
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

 Thanks, That is the way I was thinking it SHOULD work.

By the way, where do you guys find all these references? Where is good documentation about Form_Activate? etc...  Each day I keep finding more commands/functions/etc... that I have never seen any reference or documentation about.

It is like I am try to program in a language, but nobody wants to let you know what all the commands are. Just enough commands to let you tinker.  The commands are there, but nobody is wanting you know what the commands are or where to find them.

<> Keith
 

Hi all,

please could someone help i keep losing my file dont know why....i have a file in my memory stick, but this shows up everytime i try to run VB6 where should i make the changes.?

\\filespace\home\anmwasya\End Year ProjectProgramming\Barclays.mdb

Thank you all,

shananne