Point to a form with a variable

[Michelangelo]

I would like to be able to call a form and change it settings using a variable, something like


MyVar = "Form1"
MyVar.visible = true



This obviously doesn't work in this way. What can i do to accomplish this.

[Cakkie]

You can do this using a form object

dim objForm as Form
set objForm = Form1
objForm.Visible = false




Tom Cannaerts
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[Michelangelo]

This doesn't do the trick yet.
Your code:
dim objForm as Form
set objForm = Form1
objForm.Visible = false



Here Form1 isn't variable. What I want to do is to call the form with a variable name.

nm = "Form1"
set ObjForm = nm
ObjForm.Visible = true



When I declare dim nm as Form

then it doesn't work. So what I need is some declations of a variable to be able to point to a form.

[Iouri]

Dim x as Form, strName as string
strName = Text1.Text
set x = Forms.Add(strName)
x.Show

Iouri Boutchkine
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[Michelangelo]

Thanx, but does this also work for a form which was created during design-time?

[Cimperiali]

The Iouri solution requires that the form exists (means: it has been created in design time).

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[Michelangelo]

Don't blame the ignorant for not knowing

[Michelangelo]

Thanx, works perfectly

[Cakkie]

We don't...

Tom Cannaerts
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Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning -- Rich Cook

[Cimperiali]

I never do. Have a nice day.

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and all the other wonderful people who made and make Codeguru a great place.
Come back soon, you Gurus.

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[Michelangelo]

I've encountered another problem when using your suggestion. When i open de Form this way in runtime, it opens perfectly. But when calling a procedure in this form from another form or module a new window opens, which obviously isn't meant to.
My code looks like this

Sub Form1_Load()
Call OpenForms
Call EditText()
End Sub




Sub EditText()
Formauto1.Text1.Text = "SomeText"
End Sub




Sub OpenForms()
Dim x as Form, strName as string
strName = "Formauto1"
set x = Forms.Add(strName)
x.Show
End Sub




The form FormAuto opens correctly in the procedure OpenForms(). However it opens again when calling procedure EditText().

Any suggestions.