Multi Project solution

[Phylum]

I will explain this as simply as possible.

I have a multi project solution. I have a project with a form. On that form there is a button. When I click the button I want it to open a form in another project. Is this possible? If so how?

 

[Derek Stone]

No, however you can launch the process that contains the form using [msdn]System.Diagnostics.Process[/msdn].Start().

 

[Phylum]

Whats the best way then to write a modular application. I want to be able to send customers PARTS of a program, without affecting everything else. For example:

I have a Menu program that calls different parts of my application. If I add a feature to the 'salesman master table editor' I want to be able to send just the 'salesman master table editor' without sending other parts of the solution, incase another programmer is in the middle of adding a feature to another part of the solution.

 

[Volte]

You might want to look in the Tutors Corner for divil's Plugin Based Application tutorial, as well as an accompanying sample that supports a UI included in the plugin.

You could put each section of the app in a plugin. I'm not sure how practical this would be with your app, but it's worth investigation.

Take a look at those two links.

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49597
http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70920

 

[divil]

Presumably those other projects in the solution compile to dlls, so providing you've made a project reference to them, you can just instantiate their classes like you would a class in the same app.

 

[Phylum]

But how would I access one of their forms? Code example?

 

[mutant]

If you compile your other project to a DLL and add a reference to that DLL you can create a new instance of a form if its in that class. Then you can access it.
Something like this:

Dim frmForm As New YourNameSpace.FormClass()

That is of course after you add a reference to the DLL.

 

[Phylum]

Thank you, I will try it