The "me" in this case is the first child form (child1). Because I am attempting to call one child from another. I am hiding the child1 form and trying to show the second child form. I tried adding the show, but no luck. In the else part of the if statement I am calling the .show method and it didn't work there either. Still working on it.....

One of the articles I read said to Hide instead of close so I implemented it. It does 'hide' but I can't get the child form to show up when I call it from another child form.

Here is the code.... If Not IsNothing(frmChaindata) AndAlso Not frmChaindata.IsDisposed Then 'form exists just show it and bring it to front frmChaindata.BringToFront() frmChaindata.Focus() frmChaindata.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal Else Me.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.WaitCursor mdiMain.IsMdiContainer = True frmChaindata = New ChainData frmChaindata.MdiParent = mdiMain frmChaindata.Show() Me.Hide() 'mdiMain.ShowHideForms(frmChaindata) Me.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.Default End If When this code executes....nothing happens but the mdi form appearing with no child forms showing....weird....

Ok...I know there must be an easier way to do this....Has anyone created a windows form app using vb.net using an MDI and child forms? I am trying to open and close child forms. When I try to open or unhide (i have tried both ways) a new child form I get no results. Nothing happens, just my mdi form appears empty with no child forms. Can anyone lend their assistance? Thanks