if else for forms displayed [modified]

[IMC2006]

I am creating a new window app and am having difficulty with resetting focus to a form instead of opening multiple instances of the form. I have a menu to open formA for example from the MainForm menu. I want to have the logic be something like (from click of menu from MainForm) If formA visiblity == true then { set focus to formA} else { formA.show} I can't seem to get the syntax for the if condition and the set focus command back to formA if it is already open. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! :confused: -- modified at 1:07 Saturday 27th May, 2006

[Stefan Troschuetz]

if (formA.Visible == true)
{
formA.Select();
}
else
{
formA.Show();
}

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[Colin Angus Mackay]

IMC2006 wrote:

I can't seem to get the syntax for the if condition

It looks like you partially wrote it in VB The syntax for the if statement is:

if (/*insert boolean condition here*/)
{
// Commands when condition is true
}
else
{
// Command when condition is false
}

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[IMC2006]

I tried this but still it does not function correctly. If formA is not visible then it open a new instance no problem. the problem is if I go back and try and open it again, instead of selecting the previously opened form, it opens a new instance via formA.Show() even though copy of formA is open. If I change visible == true, then it believes an instance is already opened even though one is not opened. if (formA.Visible == false) { // shows new formA form formA.Show(); MessageBox.Show("New Form"); } else { // Reset focus to currently opened form formA.Select(); MessageBox.Show("Reset Focus to form"); }

[Lost User]

if(formA == null)
{
formA = new FormA();
}

if(!formA.Visible)
{
formA.Show();
}

formA.Focus();