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Opning Form (frmXYZ.Show) - Is any alternate by passing form name as String?

Hi Friends,

I am using VB Menu option to opening the screens from the MDI by giving the command FormName.Show.

I also stored the menu structure and form names in a table also. Instead of pull down menu, i want to display the menu structure in tree format using hierachical query which will read the menu structure from the table. Then by double clicking the leaf nodes in the Tree, i want to open the respective .frm name attached with this menu (which also stored in the table).

Is it possible to open forms dynamically like that.

deva

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deva_kumar

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Thanks Tim,

I will check this out and let u know.

But i encounter some problem earlier in using picture box in the MDI, if i open a screen, then that screen is going behind the picture!

Am i done any mistake...this i encounter long time ago and after that i haven't tried that. Any how i will check it out and let u know.

TimCottee

It shouldn't go behind, you are best putting the picture box directly onto the MDI form area, setting the alignment property to the left so that it shows on the left hand side, much as the favourites/history panes do in IE. The treeview then sits in here and the MDI child forms should be displayed on the right hand side. If you want to be clever, you can also create a splitter bar which will size these panes dynamically and give you an IE look to your application. This works really well and my users are pleased with the results.

deva_kumar

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Hi Tim,
Thanks a Lot...