[Resolved] How to make a child form stay on the top until closed in mdi application (VB.NET 2005)? [modified]

[rashadaliarshad]

Hello friends, I am developing a mdi application. I have a form that takes input from user, and based on user selection , open a form as mdi child. i want the UserSelectionForm to stay on the top of all the other forms including MDI parent and any other mdi child forms until user has made any selection or cancelled the form. any help?

:- Rashid Ali -:

modified on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:11 PM

[Christian Graus]

I'm not sure I follow which forms are popups and which are embedded in the MDI app. But, to keep a child form open, set it's parent/owner to be the form you want it to always be above, usually the main form of the app.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

[rashadaliarshad]

When you go to show the form use: form.ShowDialog(); instead of: form.Show(); ShowDialog tells .net to open the form as a modal dialog instead of a standard form. here is the Solution i got from some other forum

:- Rashid Ali -:

[Christian Graus]

Oh - I didn't tell you that, because you didn't post code, so I couldn't understand that this was the problem. Glad you got it sorted.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )