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Restarting a form in VB6
Posted on 2012-12-24
I am trying to unload my form and start over. Why doesn't the following code work? It simply ends the program
Splash4.Show
Unload CAPOrganizing
Load CAPOrganizing
Splash4.Hide
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my first form is a splash screen also called Splash1
Would it be instead
Splash4.Show
Unload CAPOrganizing
CapOrganizing.Show
Splash4.Hide
Would it be instead
Splash4.Show
Unload CAPOrganizing
CapOrganizing.Show
Splash4.Hide
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Why do you want to start over and what exactly do you mean by "start over". End the program and restart it, or something else?
Would it be insteadExactly. The only addidion may be
Splash4.Show
Unload CAPOrganizing
CapOrganizing.Show
Splash4.Hide
CAPOrganizing.Hide 'In case unloading takes a wile - hide form if it's visible and show splash
Splash4.Show
Unload CAPOrganizing 'etc
But in most cases youdon't need reload form. If you have some code in Form_Load event - place it in some Public Sub, smth like this:
Private Sub Form_Load()
InitForm
End Sub
Public Sub InitForm(probably_some_initial_value As Something)
'Your initializing/updating/refreshing code here
End Sub
CAPOrganizing.InitForm(con
Why do you need to reload form? In most cases you just need to execute code in Form_Load event. So you can move all this code into InitForm sub:
Was:
Was:
Private Sub Form_Load()
'A lot of initializing code here
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
Call InitForm(0) '0 means you call InitForm for the first time, from withing Form_Load Event
End Sub
Public Sub InitForm(condition As Long)
'A lot of initializing code here
End Sub
'Any time you need 'Reload' form
Call YourFormName.InitForm(1)
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