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  • G Gregory Bryant

    in c# i created the first form as a login the second displays a buddy list once you login the first form is hiden using Form1.hide(); now on the second one i have a log out button that i want to close the second form and open the original first form not a new object i have everything done but reopening the first form. thank you if you can help

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    Pete OHanlon
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    I'm going to suggest that you use one of the design patterns here. One that I'm thinking might help is the Mediator pattern (have a look on Google to find it), but it basically looks like this:

    public class Mediator
    {
    private Form1 _loginForm;
    private Form2 _buddyForm;

    public Form2 BuddyForm
    {
    get
    {
    if (_buddyForm == null)
    _buddyForm = new Form2(this);
    return _buddyForm;
    }
    }
    public Form1 LoginForm
    {
    get
    {
    if (_loginForm == null)
    _loginForm = new Form1(this);
    return _loginForm;
    }
    }

    public void Logout()
    {
    LoginForm.Show();
    BuddyForm.Hide();
    }
    // You get the idea for the rest anyway...
    }

    public class Form1 : Form
    {
    private Mediator _mediator;
    public Form1(Mediator mediator)
    {
    _mediator = mediator;
    }

    // Some code to respond to a button for instance
    protected virtual void Login_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    _mediator.ShowBuddy();
    }
    }

    public class Form2 : Form
    {
    private Mediator _mediator;
    public Form2(Mediator mediator)
    {
    _mediator = mediator;
    }

    // Some code to respond to a button for instance
    protected virtual void Logout_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    _mediator.Logout();
    }
    }

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      Gregory Bryant wrote:

      and i do not know how to get the orginal object from my second form

      that's an Object Oriented Programming beginners issue. You need a C# book for beginners. Trying to learn programming fundamentals over the internet forums is not an efficient means of doing that.

      led mike

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      Gregory Bryant
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      so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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      • G Gregory Bryant

        so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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        led mike
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        Gregory Bryant wrote:

        so in other words you dont know thanks lol

        Well if I were to decide to insult you in this context it would be because I do know how to do that and have known since about 1992. So what's your reason?

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        • G Gregory Bryant

          so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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          Pete OHanlon
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          Do you see that funky shaped icon beside his name? That means he does know - he's just not sure you're capable of this yourself.

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            Do you see that funky shaped icon beside his name? That means he does know - he's just not sure you're capable of this yourself.

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            Gregory Bryant
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            well the fuction he is trying to tell me to use is Visual basic function try it your self works fine in VB but not C++ or C# which i was asking about

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              Do you see that funky shaped icon beside his name? That means he does know - he's just not sure you're capable of this yourself.

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              Luc Pattyn
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              which funky do you mean, AE or BE? if I'm getting insulted, at least let me know and prepare for a fearless riposte. :confused:

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              • G Gregory Bryant

                well the fuction he is trying to tell me to use is Visual basic function try it your self works fine in VB but not C++ or C# which i was asking about

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                Pete OHanlon
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                I hate to tell you this, but it's a method on the Form class, and does work in C#. I've used it often enough to recognise it.

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                • G Gregory Bryant

                  well the fuction he is trying to tell me to use is Visual basic function try it your self works fine in VB but not C++ or C# which i was asking about

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                  led mike
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                  Wrong. I have a C# Windows Forms application that I executed that code in before I posted it to you. I am trying hard not to insult you ( no comments needed from you Pete :-D ), I really mean it sincerely when I suggest you need to use a beginners book. There is nothing wrong with that, I still have shelves of them at home from when I started and I still have to look things up in them almost 20 years later! :laugh: It's a never ending experience learning about development but we really need a foundation to work from.

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                  • L Luc Pattyn

                    which funky do you mean, AE or BE? if I'm getting insulted, at least let me know and prepare for a fearless riposte. :confused:

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    Funky as in classy shaped icon. No insults there - just 3 MVPs chewing the fat.

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                      Wrong. I have a C# Windows Forms application that I executed that code in before I posted it to you. I am trying hard not to insult you ( no comments needed from you Pete :-D ), I really mean it sincerely when I suggest you need to use a beginners book. There is nothing wrong with that, I still have shelves of them at home from when I started and I still have to look things up in them almost 20 years later! :laugh: It's a never ending experience learning about development but we really need a foundation to work from.

                      led mike

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                      led mike wrote:

                      I am trying hard not to insult you ( no comments needed from you Pete ),

                      Moi? Little ole moi? Would I...?

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                        Funky as in classy shaped icon. No insults there - just 3 MVPs chewing the fat.

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                        Luc Pattyn
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                        Which leads to another question: did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for? it could be many things, Most Vertical Primate being one of them. :)

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                          Which leads to another question: did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for? it could be many things, Most Vertical Primate being one of them. :)

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                          led mike
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                          Luc Pattyn wrote:

                          did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for?

                          I don't know about yours but my award stands for Most Valuable Puke. I wanted Most Valuable Cookie Tosser but Chris said John Simmons already had that.

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                            Which leads to another question: did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for? it could be many things, Most Vertical Primate being one of them. :)

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                            Pete OHanlon
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                            I'd like to think it's Most Valuable Professional, but in my case it could be Madly Vocal Pessimist.

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                              Luc Pattyn wrote:

                              did/does CP ever explain what MVP stands for?

                              I don't know about yours but my award stands for Most Valuable Puke. I wanted Most Valuable Cookie Tosser but Chris said John Simmons already had that.

                              led mike

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                              it seems to me we need another editable column in the database, so we can personalize this. And in a couple of weeks the friday quiz question: given 40 MVP names and 40 titles, who is who? :)

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                                I'd like to think it's Most Valuable Professional, but in my case it could be Madly Vocal Pessimist.

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                                I didn't see you as a pessimist :doh:

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                                • G Gregory Bryant

                                  so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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                                  Paul Conrad
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                                  No. He is telling you to get a book and learn.

                                  "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                                  • G Gregory Bryant

                                    well the fuction he is trying to tell me to use is Visual basic function try it your self works fine in VB but not C++ or C# which i was asking about

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                                    Paul Conrad
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                                    The Show method works just fine in both C++.NET and C#. I use it every day :rolleyes:

                                    "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

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                                    • G Gregory Bryant

                                      so in other words you dont know thanks lol

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                                      Colin Angus Mackay
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                                      Gregory Bryant wrote:

                                      so in other words you dont know

                                      Look at the icon, man! He's an MVP, dude!

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                                      • G Gregory Bryant

                                        in c# i created the first form as a login the second displays a buddy list once you login the first form is hiden using Form1.hide(); now on the second one i have a log out button that i want to close the second form and open the original first form not a new object i have everything done but reopening the first form. thank you if you can help

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                                        Gregory Bryant
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                                        Since you couldnt help here is how you do it declare a public, static variable of type Form1 just below the Form1 class declaration. I’ve named the variable frm1 public static Form1 frm1 = null; then when you show form2 frm1 = this; this.Visible = false; Form2 frm2 = new Form2(); frm2.Show(); then from form2 you can call Form1.frm1.show(); so thanks for all your help lol

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                                          Gregory Bryant wrote:

                                          so in other words you dont know

                                          Look at the icon, man! He's an MVP, dude!

                                          Upcoming FREE developer events: * Developer Day Scotland Recent blog posts: * Mixins in C#3.0 My website | Blog

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                                          Luc Pattyn
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                                          Another one. What happened to the normal people? They are supposed to run in the millions. :-D

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