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Open childform in mdi parent from another childform..

Hi

I have a MDI paren form witch works fine... now I want to open a existing childform when i double click on a row in a DataGrid... Followin code opens the form, but outside the "parent"

EditUser form = new EditUser(username);
form.Show();

and when i run this code the form does not appear at all....

Form mdiForm = this.ParentForm;

if(mdiForm.ActiveMdiChild != null)
{
if(username != null)
{
EditUser form = new EditUser(username);
form.TopLevel = false;
form.Parent = mdiForm;
form.Show();
}
}

I have a Telerik DockingManager on my MDI Parent witch displays the child forms in a different "Tab"...

Any idea?

Regards

ize_man

ASKER

Forgot a small issue...
When i run debug mode the EditUser form i am trying to open hat IsMdiChid propery set to null....maybe that's the proplem. If so, how do I fix that?

MortenSlotKristensen

Shouldn't you set the MdiParent? Like:

form.MdiParent = mdiForm.MdiParent;

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MortenSlotKristensen

Damn it.. Just the first thing I posted :p

ize_man

ASKER

hahah....that's just the case..

I just figured it out. You soulution was the right track but i had to "set" the MdiParent before calling the EditUser form.. followin code snippet does the trick.

Form mdiForm = this.ParentForm; //THIS IS NECESSARY
if (mdiForm.ActiveMdiChild != null)
{
if (username != null)
{
EditUser form = new EditUser(username);
form.MdiParent = mdiForm;
form.Show();
}
}

MortenSlotKristensen

Yes indeed! :) That should do it.

Nasir Razzaq

You are not setting the MDIParent property so IsMDIChild property is null or false. You can use a public variable in EditUser form and set that to the parent form like this.

Public Class EditUser
Inherits Form
public fmain as frmMain
...
dim f as new frmNewUser
f.MDIParent=fmain
f.Show
End Class

Nasir Razzaq

Sorry i had this window open for sometime and then pasted the comment and other solution was already posted. Please ignore.