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I think he means main form (initial one)... It is not easy, because
setting Invisible=True is not working here... There is official article at MSDN named "Setting a Form to Be Invisible at Its Inception", but I found easier solution to set opacity to 0% in designer and then just change it to 100% - effect is same, but it is easier to implement. Only problem could be if you want your application to run on older 9x clients - as far as I remember,
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On Feb 22, 11:39=A0pm, "John" <J...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote: > Hi > > I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly no= > clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > > Thanks > > Regards Use Me.Hide() into your form_load event. Or try to set form's
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On Feb 23, 12:01=A0am, Martin Zugec <martin.zu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think he means main form (initial one)... It is not easy, because > setting Invisible=3DTrue is not working here... > > There is official article at MSDN named "Setting a Form to Be > Invisible at Its Inception", but I found easier solution to set > opacity to 0% in designer and then just change it to 100% - effect is > same, but it is easier to implement. Only problem could be if you want > your application to run on older 9x clients - as far as I remember, > opacity is supported from Windows 2000. Yes, setting visibility property to false might not work for some
You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the right
of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it. Works like a charm for me. If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor, so he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... ;-) RobinS. GoldMail, Inc. ------------------------------ [quoted text, click to view] "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly no > clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > > Thanks > > Regards > >
Be careful of systems with more than one monitor. What is off the
display on your system might be visible on another display on someone else's system. On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:05:09 -0800, "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> [quoted text, click to view] wrote:
>You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the right >of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it. Works like >a charm for me. > >If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor, so >he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... ;-) > >RobinS. >GoldMail, Inc. >------------------------------ >"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message >news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Hi >> >> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly no >> clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? >> >> Thanks >> >> Regards >>
Hi
I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly no clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? Thanks Regards
"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> schrieb:
[quoted text, click to view] > I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly no > clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? Simply do not call the form's 'Show' or 'ShowDialog' method and do not set its 'Visible' property to 'True'. You can use the form object by instantiating the form class: \\\ Dim f As New FooForm() .... /// The form remains invisible until you show it. -- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
"kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkonen85@gmail.com> schrieb:
[quoted text, click to view] >> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly >> no >> clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > >Use Me.Hide() into your form_load event. Or try to set form's >visibility property to false. When 'Load' is executed, the form is still not visible. In addition, the form is shown after the 'Load' event has been executed. -- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
"kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkonen85@gmail.com> schrieb
[quoted text, click to view] > > > > I have searched for answer to this question on the net but > > surprisingly no > > clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > > Use Me.Hide() into your form_load event. Or try to set form's > visibility property to false. If the load event fires, there must have been a .Show before. Doesn't make sense to Hide something because it's about to be Shown. Instead, I wouldn't show it. Armin
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> "kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkonen85@gmail.com> schrieb > On Feb 23, 12:01 am, Martin Zugec <martin.zu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think he means main form (initial one)... It is not easy, > > because setting Invisible=True is not working here... > > > > There is official article at MSDN named "Setting a Form to Be > > Invisible at Its Inception", but I found easier solution to set > > opacity to 0% in designer and then just change it to 100% - effect > > is same, but it is easier to implement. Only problem could be if > > you want your application to run on older 9x clients - as far as I > > remember, opacity is supported from Windows 2000. > > Yes, setting visibility property to false might not work for some > reason (?), then setting opacity value to %0 seems a good > alternative. A Form is a visual element in order to display something or accept input. Showing an invisible thing is a contradiction in itself. If the problem is the application framework that only allows a Form as the startup object, disable it and write your own sub Main to get full control over your own application. Then you can show the Form only if it has to be shown. Armin
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On Feb 23, 1:10=A0am, "Armin Zingler" <az.nos...@freenet.de> wrote: > "kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkone...@gmail.com> schrieb > > > > > > I have searched for answer to this question on the net but > > > surprisingly no > > > clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > > > Use Me.Hide() into your form_load event. Or try to set form's > > visibility property to false. > > If the load event fires, there must have been a .Show before. Doesn't > make sense to Hide something because it's about to be Shown. Instead, I > wouldn't show it. > > Armin OK, in this case setting opacity to %0 seems really working way for
Give me a teensy amount more credit than that. It pulls the info for the
screen, and positions the forms off the screen, regardless of how many monitors, or the resolution, etc. :-) RobinS. ------------------------------------- [quoted text, click to view] "Jack Jackson" <jjackson@cinnovations.net> wrote in message
news:jjavr3hh8js2qat0f4bdjhlc25qr09ml1c@4ax.com... > Be careful of systems with more than one monitor. What is off the > display on your system might be visible on another display on someone > else's system. > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:05:09 -0800, "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> > wrote: > >>You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the right >>of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it. Works >>like >>a charm for me. >> >>If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor, so >>he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... ;-) >> >>RobinS. >>GoldMail, Inc. >>------------------------------ >>"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message >>news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Hi >>> >>> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly >>> no >>> clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Regards >>> >>>
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On Feb 23, 12:10 am, Jack Jackson <jjack...@cinnovations.net> wrote: > Be careful of systems with more than one monitor. What is off the > display on your system might be visible on another display on someone > else's system. > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:05:09 -0800, "RobinS" <rob...@imnottelling.com> > wrote: > > >You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the right > >of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it. Works like > >a charm for me. > > >If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor, so > >he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... ;-) > > >RobinS. > >GoldMail, Inc. > >------------------------------ > >"John" <J...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message > >news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> Hi > > >> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly no > >> clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > > >> Thanks > > >> Regards I usually send it to -10000, if they that many monitors than they deserve to see everything :-) But in reality, I haven't sent a form off screen since my VB6 days, now I usually just toggle the opacity between 0% and 99% when I have a reason to hide and show a form. I do agree with Armin that Sub Main is a better choice if no interaction is required, or the OP could just create a service depending on the purpose of the app. And in case anyone's wondering, whenever I use opacity I only go to 99%, going to 100% causes a flicker because of the way Windows paints forms (it has two modes, one for opacity and one for no opacity, switching between the two will flicker the form on painting). Thanks,
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> I have searched for answer to this question on the net In my last post I also wanting to thank you for searching for the answer before posting, but it slipped my mind. It's very much appreciated when posters do the legwork before posting. Thanks,
This seems to scream "bad UI design"' to me.
[quoted text, click to view] "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message news:qsydnUV2jorE4iLanZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@comcast.com... > You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the right > of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it. Works > like a charm for me. > > If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor, so > he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... ;-) > > RobinS. > GoldMail, Inc. > ------------------------------ > "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message > news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Hi >> >> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly >> no clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? >> >> Thanks >> >> Regards >> >> >
Armin's got the right idea here....
Instead of playing tricks with the form (opacity, visibility, position, etc.). Just take control of your application by using a Sub Main and then you can launch the form whenever you need it. While there are other *solutions*, they all scream of "hack". -Scott [quoted text, click to view] "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly no > clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > > Thanks > > Regards > >
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On Feb 26, 5:32=A0pm, "Scott M." <s...@nospam.nospam> wrote: > Armin's got the right idea here.... > > Instead of playing tricks with the form (opacity, visibility, position, > etc.). =A0Just take control of your application by using a Sub Main and th= en > you can launch the form whenever you need it. > > While there are other *solutions*, they all scream of "hack". > > -Scott > > "John" <J...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > > > > Hi > > > I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly = no > > clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > > > Thanks > > > Regards- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Actually, moving the form offscreen has been recommended my the .NET dev team for preventing flicker and drawing errors for MDI child forms. Also, in more classic programming, moving forms and panels offscreen was the recommended approach (take a look at how the VB6 wizard handles panels). Not saying they aren't "hacks", just sharing some interesting tidbits. :-) Thanks,
[quoted text, click to view] >Actually, moving the form offscreen has been recommended my the .NET >dev team for preventing flicker and drawing errors for MDI child >forms. Also, in more classic programming, moving forms and panels >offscreen was the recommended approach (take a look at how the VB6 >wizard handles panels). Not saying they aren't "hacks", just sharing >some interesting tidbits. :-) >Thanks, >Seth Rowe [MVP] Personally, I wouldn't look at much that was standard operating procedure in VB 6.0 as a reason for doing it that way now. :)
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> Personally, I wouldn't look at much that was standard operating procedure in > VB 6.0 as a reason for doing it that way now. :) You did read my earlier post right? I certainly don't advocate moving the forms off screen to hide them (except in certain cases of mdi children where nothing else will work), I was just sharing some interesting information / history. Thanks,
Thanks! There's nothing like criticism without advice!
RobinS. GoldMail, Inc. ------------------- [quoted text, click to view] "Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:%23klM0bMeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > This seems to scream "bad UI design"' to me. > > > "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message > news:qsydnUV2jorE4iLanZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@comcast.com... >> You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the >> right of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it. >> Works like a charm for me. >> >> If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor, >> so he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... ;-) >> >> RobinS. >> GoldMail, Inc. >> ------------------------------ >> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Hi >>> >>> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly >>> no clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >> > >
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On Mar 1, 5:44=A0pm, "Scott M." <s...@nospam.nospam> wrote: > I've already provided the advice if you took the time to read the rest of > the thread. > > "RobinS" <rob...@imnottelling.com> wrote in message > > news:rK-dnfCV0ZRFiVTanZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com... > > > > > Thanks! There's nothing like criticism without advice! > > > RobinS. > > GoldMail, Inc. > > ------------------- > > "Scott M." <s...@nospam.nospam> wrote in message > >news:%23klM0bMeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> This seems to scream "bad UI design"' to me. > > >> "RobinS" <rob...@imnottelling.com> wrote in message > >>news:qsydnUV2jorE4iLanZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@comcast.com... > >>> You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the > >>> right of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it= .. > >>> Works like a charm for me. > > >>> If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor= , > >>> so he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... =A0;= -) > > >>> RobinS. > >>> GoldMail, Inc. > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> "John" <J...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message > >>>news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >>>> Hi > > >>>> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprising= ly > >>>> no clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? > > >>>> Thanks > > >>>> Regards- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Read as well as you read the thread? After all you criticized my post without even taking the time to actually read what I wrote..... Thanks,
I've already provided the advice if you took the time to read the rest of
the thread. [quoted text, click to view] "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message
news:rK-dnfCV0ZRFiVTanZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com... > Thanks! There's nothing like criticism without advice! > > RobinS. > GoldMail, Inc. > ------------------- > "Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message > news:%23klM0bMeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> This seems to scream "bad UI design"' to me. >> >> >> "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message >> news:qsydnUV2jorE4iLanZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@comcast.com... >>> You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the >>> right of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it. >>> Works like a charm for me. >>> >>> If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor, >>> so he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... ;-) >>> >>> RobinS. >>> GoldMail, Inc. >>> ------------------------------ >>> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but surprisingly >>>> no clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden in vb.net? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
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>Read as well as you read the thread? After all you criticized my post >without even taking the time to actually read what I wrote..... >Thanks, >Seth Rowe [MVP] I did no such thing. I expressed my opinion about using VB 6 practices in ..NET applications. I don't see what you think I didn't read. Your post was short and quite clear. -Scott
Of course I did, but in chronological order. Had this post said "keep
reading for some advice", I wouldn't have posted a response. You're pretty entertaining. RobinS. GoldMail, Inc. ------------------------------- [quoted text, click to view] "Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:0D79B960-2877-4D82-B133-4B090E1A9BEA@microsoft.com... > I've already provided the advice if you took the time to read the rest of > the thread. > > > "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message > news:rK-dnfCV0ZRFiVTanZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com... >> Thanks! There's nothing like criticism without advice! >> >> RobinS. >> GoldMail, Inc. >> ------------------- >> "Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message >> news:%23klM0bMeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> This seems to scream "bad UI design"' to me. >>> >>> >>> "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message >>> news:qsydnUV2jorE4iLanZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@comcast.com... >>>> You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the >>>> right of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show it. >>>> Works like a charm for me. >>>> >>>> If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the monitor, >>>> so he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over there... ;-) >>>> >>>> RobinS. >>>> GoldMail, Inc. >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but >>>>> surprisingly no clear answer has come up. How can I open a form hidden >>>>> in vb.net? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >
You not too bad for a laugh yourself, Robin!
[quoted text, click to view] "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message news:at-dnWVUs47tMVbanZ2dnUVZ_vWtnZ2d@comcast.com... > Of course I did, but in chronological order. Had this post said "keep > reading for some advice", I wouldn't have posted a response. > > You're pretty entertaining. > > RobinS. > GoldMail, Inc. > ------------------------------- > "Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message > news:0D79B960-2877-4D82-B133-4B090E1A9BEA@microsoft.com... >> I've already provided the advice if you took the time to read the rest of >> the thread. >> >> >> "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message >> news:rK-dnfCV0ZRFiVTanZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com... >>> Thanks! There's nothing like criticism without advice! >>> >>> RobinS. >>> GoldMail, Inc. >>> ------------------- >>> "Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message >>> news:%23klM0bMeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>> This seems to scream "bad UI design"' to me. >>>> >>>> >>>> "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message >>>> news:qsydnUV2jorE4iLanZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@comcast.com... >>>>> You can set the position of the form off of the display, like to the >>>>> right of the user's screen, then move it back when you want to show >>>>> it. Works like a charm for me. >>>>> >>>>> If you do this, don't let the cat sit on the right side of the >>>>> monitor, so he's not harmed when he's hit by the form flying over >>>>> there... ;-) >>>>> >>>>> RobinS. >>>>> GoldMail, Inc. >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message >>>>> news:%23GaxxtZdIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> I have searched for answer to this question on the net but >>>>>> surprisingly no clear answer has come up. How can I open a form >>>>>> hidden in vb.net? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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