clsmith66 wrote:

>I am hoping someone can help me. Is there any way to get a form to act
>like
>a cross between a mdi child from and a dialog box? I need to be able to
>display the results of a users search from a main form into another "popup"
>form and still be able to interact with the main form. If I display the
>results form as a dialog box, I can't get at the underlying form, and due
>to
>the contstraints placed on the application I am unable to create a true mdi
>area on the main form. Any help pointing me in the right direction would
>be
>greatly appreciated.

"Oliver Sturm" wrote:

> clsmith66 wrote:
>
> >I am hoping someone can help me. Is there any way to get a form to act
> >like
> >a cross between a mdi child from and a dialog box? I need to be able to
> >display the results of a users search from a main form into another "popup"
> >form and still be able to interact with the main form. If I display the
> >results form as a dialog box, I can't get at the underlying form, and due
> >to
> >the contstraints placed on the application I am unable to create a true mdi
> >area on the main form. Any help pointing me in the right direction would
> >be
> >greatly appreciated.
>
> Can't you just show the other form using the Show() method (as opposed to
> ShowDialog())? Maybe make it a topmost form if it needs to stay in front
> of the main window. This will give you the behaviour commonly associated
> with Find dialogs, for instance.
>
>
>
> Oliver Sturm
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