when i started a program with Submain , My program did not work well

there is no error message , ie the code of this line goes ok without errors , BUT it does not execute . eg . this code is in the Gridview.bas

frmMain.dataMasterDateProd.RecordSource = ("Products")
frmMain.Frame1.Caption = "Products "
frmMain.dbgproducts.Caption = "Products of children toys"
'' Refreshing the Grid
frmMain.dbgproducts.ClearFields
frmMain.dataMasterDateProd.Refresh
frmMain.dbgproducts.Refresh

ie ,  there is no debug error , however , this code does not execute . ie the line code of :

frmMain.Frame1.Caption = "Products"
frmMain.dbgproducts.Caption = "Products of children toys"

it is supposed that this code will return to frmmain and change the caption of Frame1 to  "Products" and change the cation of the DBgrid of name dbgproducts which is found in frmmain to "Products of children toys" .  the actual case is that there is no error generated , ,however , this code does not execute , ie , the caption of the frame1 and Dbgproducts DOES NOT CHANGE .
This error occurs only if i make the project properties to start with SUBMAIN . BUT if i start it with frmmain direclty , the code executes correctly .
I think that this error occurs because there is a declaration of frmmain in the submain as frmmain in the submain module  , which is  :
   Set fMainForm = New frmMain

thanks

 

you use this : Set fMainForm = New frmMain
shouldn't you then call fMainForm.Caption = "..." ?

you must load frmMain & set visible to false then load your module then set visible of form to true (I guess)

Hi all ,

Again for making it easer to get what I mean , enter visual basic and open the application wizard , ,ant let it make a normal visual basic  SDI application , then proceed to the standard forms section ( then select all found forms , is , Splash screen , Options dialog , About Box ,  and the LogOn dialog ) , the add a module to the project called Module2.bas (Since Module1 is set to hold the submain routines) . add this subroutine to the module2.bas

Public Sub car()
frmMain.Caption = "asddddddddddd"
End Sub

then call this subroutine from frmmain form (eg from menu events) .
It is obvious that this code will change the caption of the frmmain to asdddddddd .

this code works fine if the project properties is set to start with frmmain , and if we want to open the the project with splash screen , then we have to make the project properties to start with Submain. then by calling the car subroutine ,  IT WILL NOT WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ??

FYI , id make it starts with submain to only load splash screen and the logOn dialog . if u find any way else to make this ,  it is a another solution for this problem .

For you Barsham , your answers works fine , but has 3 week points :

1- the form splashes (flatter) , or Blinks , since all components on it will be disabled and then enabled, so  the entire form will blink . this is not good .
2- to solve this problem , I made only REFRESH to the form at the end of my module , it at the end of the gridview.bas, i added this code    frmmain.refresh ........................
But it caused me another error , another form is shown and if i called this fucntion again , another (3rd) form appears and so on.

Thanks .

I forgot a step.

In your SUB MAIN()

after doing setting  fMainForm = frmMain you can then "Load" it without showing it. Like so...

 Set fMainForm = frmMain
 Load fMainForm
 
Now you can set the caption before the fom is visable
  fMainForm.Caption = "asddddddddddd"

Now show the form
  fMainform.Show

Chaz

Sorry but One last thing,
 Now use "fMainForm" instead of frmMain when referencing controls and settings of your "MAIN FORM"

Chaz_Andrews: that's what I suggested above, but I did not hear if that worked or not...

p_sie,

We have simmilar answers but you said
" you use this : Set fMainForm = New frmMain
shouldn't you then call fMainForm.Caption = "..." ? "

I said

" I think your problem is this...
   Set fMainForm = New frmMain

Try using
    Set fMainForm = frmMain   ' Notice that there is no "new"   "

Your method could be why he gets more than one form.  With mine he will get only one.  I also explained that he should not be using the properties of  frmMain but needs to use fMainForm instead.   I can see from the messages above that he may not have been doing this.


Chaz

Ok, I understand, didn't notice the disappearance of the New word...

i will try it

thx
waleed

please finalize this question .
waleed