Holding procedure until returned value.

[Jay1b]

Hi. Could someone please look at the below for me? I have rewritten it from my actual code to make it a better example of what i am trying to do.

 

'This is called every second, I will nearly always be 1
For i to 100
 If i <> 1 Then
   Dim OtherForm As New  FrmOtherForm
   OtherForm.Text = Str(i)
   OtherForm.Show()

   'If returned value then do something, else do something else
 ENDIF
Next i

 

I would like to somehow return a value from each occurence of OtherForm and not proceed with the loop until the other form has been closed - and the value returned. I certainly want to stop multiple forms being launched simultaneously.

 

Could someone please point me in the right direction?

 

Thanks.

Edited September 29, 2004 by Jay1b

[PlausiblyDamp]

You could use ShowDialog rather than Show. I've got to ask though - are you really planning on displaying the same form 100 times to a user? That would drive me up the wall if I was the end user.

[Jay1b]

Thanks yet again.

 

The ShowDialog works beautifully for returning a value, but it doesnt stop the code from continueing until a value has been returned. So i still get multiple forms appearing.

 

Imagine a firewall, when you first install it you get unindated with 'Do you wish to allow ****.exe to access the internet?' screens. Then after its been installed a few weeks you barely get any of these screens, this will work on the same principle.

[PlausiblyDamp]

Is that the exact code you are using to display the forms? If so the ShowDialog should block further processing until the form has been dismissed.

It may be worth showing your actual code to see if you are doing anything that might cause problems.

[Jay1b]

Argh..... Just had a thought, this piece of code is being called every second by the timer. So the ShowDialog is blocking the rest of the code, but the timer is creating a new instance of that code every second. I've checked this and can confirm thats whats happening :)

 

Thanks.

[Nerseus]

I didn't see a question in that last post...

As P said, why not tell us what you're trying to do rather than what you're doing (and it sure seems odd, whatever it is).

 

-ner

[Jay1b]

There wasnt suppose to be a question. The post was aimed purely at saying thank you. :D

 

Yes it is rather different, its something i am seriously thinking about releasing, or selling to someone who could write it properly and let them sell it :)