How to delete a MDIParent if it is called over and over again

How you do this will depend on how the second form is loaded in the first place.

Can you post the code that loads the two forms?

Ok, the code is attached. It will load frmMain which is a set to a IsMdicontainer. It loads the form and then call the another form (which I call form 1, you will see it on the code as frmOpenRuncreatePartfile) .This is the form that keep getting re created and cause issues that i am trying to avoid.
After the form 1 open I have a DataReceive interrupt, which will be trigger if an open command is sent and then a timer is triggered  it will call the second form frmRuntime. This form 2  opens up over the top of  the first form in the background which is good. The problem is once another open command is picked up by the form 2 trmPartfileLoaded sub if should close down all the forms except the frmMain (which is set to the IsMdiContainer) this shoudl stay open and then open up a new frmOpenRunCreatePartfile).

The problem is that multiple frmOpenRunCreatePArtfiels open in behind my form 2( which I dont call they just stay open).


I hope this helps.
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I am confused by the word "Delete".  Do you mean "Hide" instead?

the problem is that the form keeps getting redrawn over and over and it just keep doing it, which if its over 2000 times slows down the program and causes issues.

You need to get a trace of the program execution.  What version of Visual Studio.NET do you have?  The Ultimate edition comes with Intellitrace, which can give you a list of what occurs during program execution.

I am running VS 2005

Can you describe what this application does?  

You should be able to add a breakpoint in the constructor for the MDI parent form, so that you can see when new instances are being created.  Then, look in the call stack, to see where each new instance is created from.

I take a screen shot of what it does.

Every time your Timer() "trmPartfileLoaded" fires, an additional instance of that form is being created.  Are you sure this isn't causing the problem?  Your timer is probably firing more often than you think it is...

Its really anyone guess. When I put a breakpoint on there It doesn;t seem like its redrawing.

OK the screen I am talking about is in behind Runtime screen is the two Welcome to Universal Gage Interface screens, There should only ever be 1 of these screens open at once. Something is eiter not closing out, or opening it twice.
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According to idle_mind, a new instance of the form is created every time the timer is fired:

 Dim runFile As frmNewRuntime = New frmNewRuntime
 runFile.MdiParent = Me
 runFile.Show()

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Yes this is correct however It only works if I call the instance again otherwise it will fail.

There is too much code there to try to help, without any explanation of what is happening.  The only thing that we can do is to help you find the information that you need to help yourself.  That requires tracing, debugging, logging, or whatever it takes to gather information about what method is creating more instances of the child form than you need.