Closing Multiple Forms

[Phil Rolf]

I have a form with a menu button on it. When the Menu button is selected a dialog form opens indicating other forms to go to (open). My problem is that I can get the dialog form to close but not the form that called the dialog form. I want to make the dialog menu form generic to work on any form.

I tried using the action scripting to 1. close the dialog form then 2. close the current form. Where am I going wrong? I hope this makes sense...

[whanigsberg]

RE: Closing Multiple Forms

Hi Phil,

"I tried using the action scripting to 1. close the dialog form then 2. close the current form."

I presume this code is attached to a button. On which form is the button?

Bill

[drgarytraub]

RE: Closing Multiple Forms

Put a button on each form with the following in the onPush event:

parentform.close()

Gary

[Phil Rolf]

RE: Closing Multiple Forms

For clarification..

Form1 is the form that has a BUTTON called MENU

Form2 opens when the MENU button is selected and Form2 is a dialog form that has 10 buttons on it to select other forms. When I select any of the 10 buttons, I want form2 to close, form1 to close, then open a new form based upon the button selected on form2.

Gary I seem to remember using the parentform.close() and still just form2 closed. Any combination I tried I could get form2 to close but never form1.

[crimmelcp]

RE: Closing Multiple Forms

Phillip:
put the parentform.close() on the button on form1 (main menu)

charlie crimmel

[drgarytraub]

RE: Closing Multiple Forms

Phillip:

I see what you want to do.

In form1, your menu button needs to have the following code:


dim f as p
f=form.load("form2","dialog")
f.window_position("center","center")
f.show()
f.close()
parentform.close()

In form2, each button calls another form. Simply put a parentform.close() in each one.

You have been able to close form2 without a problem. The trick to also closing form1 is to put a parentform.close(0 right after the f.close() statement. This is because in a dialog form, comntrol returns to the calling script right after the f.show() statement.

Gary

[Phil Rolf]

RE: Closing Multiple Forms

Gary,
Still could not get it to work. I have attached a simple db showing the setup. Open form 1, select button, the dialog should open, then select the button again (you will get an error), if it works right, the dialog and form1 should close and then form 2 should open.

thanks

[drgarytraub]

RE: Closing Multiple Forms

Phillip:

Here is what I have come up with:

Button on Form1:

dim f as p
f=form.load("testmenu","dialog")
f.window_position("center","center")
f.show()
f.close()
parentform.close()
dim f as p
f=form.load("form2","dialog")
f.show()
f.close()


Button on testmenu:

parentform.close()



Gary