Need Help Closing Form

[Diablicolic]

Well I have this form, and when I click on New Game, that form is suppose to close (so I don't have to worry about RAM overdose) and then open the New World Form (Form2)....weeeell...I don't know how to close Form1 after I open the New World Form :mad:

 

 

Private Sub JustbtnNeww_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnNew.Click
       System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000)
       Dim Form2 As New World()
       Form2.Show()
       Me.Close()
   End Sub

[dynamic_sysop]

the best way would be to start your application from a Sub main() in a module maybe.

if you close form1 ( and thats your starting form / parent ) it will kill the app.

if you want to use form1 as the start up method ( ie: Sub New() ) then you are going to have to use Form1.Hide() , not Form1.Close()

[wyrd]

You may want to redesign your World so it's a custom control rather then a form. That way when a new World loads up, all you have to do is replace the instance of your custom control with a new one, and you won't have to do all the form creating and closing.

[Diablicolic]

What type of control are you talking about? :(

[wyrd]

A custom control.. one that you make yourself.

[Diablicolic]

But how do you make custom controls?! rofl :)

 

But seriously......

 

 

 

I tried another way around that big block, instead I'm going to Open the Form2 as the beginning form, and at start up, I'm going to hide Form2:

 

Me.Hide

 

Then show Form1:

 

Dim Form11 As New Form1
Form11.Show

 

The Me.Hide doesn't work though, because both forms show up, why?!

 

:mad:

[mutant]

If you are trying to hide the first form from the Load event then it will be shown again because the form is displayed after the Load.

[Diablicolic]

Oohhh dangit, cool, so what I'm going to do is have on the load a timer enabled to time like 1 second or less..or something like that. Thanks for the info Mutant :)