Convert string to form

[hawkcg]

I am not sure about which category to put this in. Anyway, what I am trying to do is this. I have names of forms stored in a database and want to use these values to load the forms. In order to keep from hard coding anything in the program, I want to accept the string from the database, convert the string value to a form object, and then load the form. Then I can get the window handle, which is really why I am going through this song and dance to begin with. Any ideas, let me know.

Thanks in advance,

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[Cimperiali]

This is Bruno solution to this matter.

Use Add method of Forms collection:
Forms.Add("Form1").Show
You'll need VB6 SP3 for Forms.Add to work. Without SP3 it won't work when compiled.


option Explicit
private Sub Form_Click()
Dim x as Form, strName as string
strName = "Form1"
set x = Forms.Add(strName)
x.Show
End Sub

Hope it help you too
Cesare Imperiali





Special thanks to Lothar "the Great" Haensler. Come back soon, you Guru.

[hawkcg]

Well, I am running VB6 with SP4 and I can't get ths Forms.Add to work. I get error 424, object required. Any hints to make this work?

[hawkcg]

Never mind. I had something typed wrong. That works great. Thanks so much!!!!

[Cimperiali]

Thanks to Bruno (we will miss him).
Best regards,
Cesare Imperiali

Special thanks to Lothar "the Great" Haensler. Come back soon, you Guru.

[deep_nsk]

Dear Cimperiali

thank u very much, it work properly

Deepak