I have the following which generates MDI forms, but doesn't show them at
this stage:
For n As Integer = 1 To 10
fmViewer(n) = New frmViewer
fmViewer(n).Tag = n
fmViewer(n).MdiParent = Frm1
Next
From within a new thread I wish to show a form:
fmViewer(4).show
However, it doesn't show. The answer I am sure is because I am trying to
show it from within a thread. How can I achieve this?
-Jerry
iwdu15 - 06 Aug 2006 17:02 GMT
is fmViewer an array? or are you trying to do something else....please
explain a little bit more

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-iwdu15
Chris Dunaway - 07 Aug 2006 14:34 GMT
> I have the following which generates MDI forms, but doesn't show them at
> this stage:
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> However, it doesn't show. The answer I am sure is because I am trying to
> show it from within a thread. How can I achieve this?
What is frmViewer? Here you are using it as both the name of your
class and the name of the array variable. Can you show us the
declaration for frmViewer?
Chris
Jerry Spence1 - 07 Aug 2006 21:52 GMT
Hi Chris
fmViwer is the name of my form, fmViewer() is an array. I can see the
difference is rather small!
-Jerry
>> I have the following which generates MDI forms, but doesn't show them at
>> this stage:
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>
> Chris
Brian Gideon - 07 Aug 2006 16:29 GMT
Jerry,
All Form access must be done from the main UI thread. That includes
creating, manipulating, and showing the Form. You'll need a reference
to an existing Form or Control that your worker thread will use to
marshal the execution of a delegate onto the UI thread by calling
Invoke or BeginInvoke. That delegate should contain the code to create
and show the new Form. Invoke and BeginInvoke are among the very few
members of a Form or Control that are actually thread-safe.
Brian
> I have the following which generates MDI forms, but doesn't show them at
> this stage:
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>
> -Jerry
Jerry Spence1 - 07 Aug 2006 21:53 GMT
> Jerry,
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>> -Jerry
Thanks Brian. I'll have a look at Invoke and BeginInvoke.
-Jerry