window forms in c#

[rajeswaridevi]

Hi,
I have two window forms. In one form I used the treeview control and
When I click on treeview item then the respective form(another) should be opened in the same window as a control.
I will be very thankful if you can help me.
thanks in advanced

[Talikag]

I kind of didn't understand what you're asking here. Do you have 2 forms, and they both have TreeView control? Do you want that once I click an item on the first TreeView the same item will be "clicked" on the another TreeView control (in the second form)?

[rajeswaridevi]

What my question is, I have some forms,say 5. In those forms one form say form1, contains the treeview control. If I click an item in the treeview then in the form1 itself, the respective other form should be opened. its means that the other form should be a part of the form1.

[Mutant_Fruit]

A form *is* a window. I don't believe you can open a window inside a window as you describe.

[mariocatch]

still not sure we understand exactly what you are asking rajeswaridevi, but i'll take a stab at it...

are you basically saying:

Form1 contains a Tree View Control...
User clicks the 3rd Node in the Tree View.
Form3 then appears as a new active form/window.
And Form1 closes?

[Talikag]

A form *is* a window. I don't believe you can open a window inside a window as you describe.

It is possible. It called MDI or something. There's an option on VCS to do that, and some windows are created automaticlly on the main form.

[MadHatter]

make form1 and MDI window. forms 2-5 become mdi children. when you click on a node it brings one of forms 2-5 to the top of the mdi children list.


also (more for mutant fruit), you can add a second form to another form (which makes it look like an mdi window but is not) by creating a second window (inside the first) and setting its parent property to the first form.

[rajeswaridevi]

hi mariocatch,
you are half the way to my question.
When the user clicks the 3rd node in the treeview, then the form3 should not appear as a new active form, it should appear in the form1 itself (should embedded in the form1 ).
can we achieve this by using panel control in the form1. That means the respective window( here form3) will be displayed in the panel control area.

[rajeswaridevi]

hi mariocatch,
you are half the way to my question.
When the user clicks the 3rd node in the treeview, then the form3 should not appear as a new active form, it should appear in the form1 itself (should embedded in the form1 ). Form1 will not be closed.

can we achieve this by using panel control in the form1. That means the respective window( here form3) will be displayed in the panel control area.

[MadHatter]

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/mdiformstutorial.asp

[Luthv]

You can also use UserControl instead of form if you want something like the visual studio option dialog

[rajeswaridevi]

Thank u all for the suggestions.
My problem is solved by using MDI concept