How do I spawn several forms each as if they're their own application (can have their own modal forms)

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Nihimon - 29 Mar 2006 23:55 GMT

I want to open two forms, Form1 and Form2, from my MainForm in such a
way that Form2 can then open Form3 with ShowDialog and NOT have Form3
block access to Form1 or the MainForm.

Any ideas?

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trevor.moody@gmail.com - 30 Mar 2006 12:12 GMT

Look at Application.Run

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Nihimon - 30 Mar 2006 17:04 GMT

I have looked at Application.Run extensively but I'm not seeing any
real clear documentation on how/whether to use it multiple times in a
single application.

Is it reasonable to, for each "system" that I want to open, spawn a new
thread and inside of that thread call Application.Run?

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Cerebrus - 30 Mar 2006 14:16 GMT

Hi Nihimon,

What do you mean by "...NOT have Form3 block access to Form1 or the
MainForm."

Regards,

Cerebrus.

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Nihimon - 30 Mar 2006 17:07 GMT

Consider a simple windows application that has a MainForm with two
buttons on it.

Button1 should open Form1 and Button2 should open Form2.

Form1 will then open Form1A with ShowDialog.

When that happens, I want to have opened Form1 and Form2 from the
MainForm in such a way that the *only* form that Form1A blocks is
Form1. The user should be able to select the MainForm or Form2 and
work normally, even while Form1A is opened modally blocking access to
Form1.

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