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john true
john true

Reputation: 273

Open a form from modal form that opened from parent form

I create a form which makes lightbox effect.And after creating this lightbox form, i create another form. 

//Execute from parent form
Form f = new Form();
f.ShowInTaskbar = false;
f.BackColor = Color.Black;
f.Size = this.Size;
f.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;
f.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
f.Opacity = 0.6;
f.ShowDialog(); // Open Modal window
notificationSize nds = new notificationSize(); 
nds.Show(); // Open another form on Modal Dialog

After creating lightbox form, it doesn't show another form nds. Just showind the lightbox modal dialog.

how can i show the form on the modal form ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2824

Answers (2)

Idle_Mind
Idle_Mind

Reputation: 39152

Display your "child" form by setting TopLevel to false:

Form f = new Form();
f.ShowInTaskbar = false;
f.BackColor = Color.Black;
f.Size = this.Size;
f.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;
f.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
f.Opacity = 0.6;

notificationSize nds = new notificationSize();
nds.TopLevel = false;
nds.FormBorderStyle = ... // you may want to set this to none
nds.Dock = ... // you may want to set this to fill
f.Controls.Add(nds);
nds.Show(); // Open another form on Modal Dialog

f.ShowDialog(); // Open Modal window

Upvotes: 2

user7861944
user7861944

Reputation:

Well i don't quite get what the purpose of this is but this will do the trick:

        var f = new Form();
        f.IsMdiContainer = true;
        f.ShowInTaskbar = false;
        f.BackColor = Color.Black;
        f.Size = this.Size;
        f.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;
        f.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
        f.Opacity = 0.6;
        var nds = new notificationSize();
        nds.Show();
        nds.MdiParent = f;
        f.ShowDialog(); // Open Modal window

Upvotes: 1

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