How do i load a form?

[jase jennings]

Hi,

This is such a beginner question, i'm afraid you may laugh at me! You see, i'm a VC++ programmer but i need to write a small VB test program.

How can i load a form ? I have an activex dll which declares a function called 'Load'. In this dll project i also have a splash screen form called frmSplash. I want to display this form when i call the Load function. What line of code do i need in my 'Load' function which will display frmSplash ?

Thanks






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[Boumxyz2]

form.show 1

[michi]

If I got the right idea of your question, you can try this:

frmSplash.Show

Regards,

Michi

[DSJ]

frmSplash.Show vbModal



or

frmSplash.show vbModeless

[jase jennings]

Excellent. Thanks !


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[jase jennings]

Thankyou


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[jase jennings]

Thanks. What does the '1' mean ? Is it simply the number that represents vbModal or vbModeless ?


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[John G Duffy]

Use of "Load" as a function probably is not good. "Load" is a reserved word in VB. You might run into naming conflicts.
To get your splash screen to display

frmSplash.show



should display it.

John G

[phunkydude]

Although all the other replies are correct, I prefer doing it something similar to what you would in C++.
Since the Form is a class I declare a variable of that type then instantiate the object, call the load and show methods and walla.
dim fSplash as frmSplash
set fsplash = new frmSplash
load fsplash
fplash.show
'// Do whatever processing we need to initialise the app
unload fSplash
set fsplash = nothing



That's neat and tidy.

[jase jennings]

Thanks


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[Boumxyz2]

yes