Solution & sev. projects: opening forms

[ysac]

Hi,

 

I'm programming several projects within one solution. The startup project is a form with a mainmenu and submenus from which a call the forms located in other projects.

Opening forms within the same project is no problem. However when I try to open a form located in another project, nothing happens.

 

To give you an idea, here is part of the hierarchical structure:

Solution : Administration

Project1 : prjMainMenu

frmMainMenu 'From which I call all other forms and modules

Project2 : Sales

frmCustomer

frmQuote

frmOrder

frmInvoice

...

Project3 : Stocks

frmArticle

frmImportPrices

...

Project4...

 

So, I would like to open several forms, where frmMainMenu is the Master form from where all other forms are opened via the submenus. Also it should be possible to have several forms opened at the same time, for example, having frmQuote and frmArticle opened at the same time, with frmMainMenu always opened underneath. I worked with Navision before and I'm trying to organize about the same software structure in .NET .

 

Does anyone know how to open these several forms from other projects and how to organize this at the best ?

 

Thanks.

[ailzaj]

Are you using a class in the main project?

 

ailzaj

[ysac]

No, just a standard Windows form.

[mutant]

Projects are different applications, you cant just mix them :)

 

What I would do is, design the forms and put them in a DLL and access them from there.

[ailzaj]

You might want to try setting up a class, declaring all the projects & forms Public in it, or like mutant says in a DLL (class).

This might be helpful.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vaconInheritanceForBasicLanguage.asp

 

ailzaj

Edited May 26, 2003 by ailzaj

[ysac]

Thanks. I'll try and let you know.

 

Ysac