The subroutine that wont work

[cdoverlaw]

This is a subroutine which i thought would show another form, (but keep the current form open) but this dosent work, what is wrong with this sub routine

Private Sub cmdMP_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdMP.Click
       frmMediaPlayer.Visible = True
   End Sub

Edited October 27, 2003 by cdoverlaw

[aewarnick]

First you have to create an instance of frmMediaPlayer and then call Show() not Visible.

[cdoverlaw]

ok, so how do i do that, what code creates an instance of the form

[aewarnick]

Form frmMediaPlayer=new frmMediaPlayer();
frmMediaPlayer.Show();

I don't know what VB would be but there is how I would do it in C#.

 

It is very similar in VB. If you just look around the code you will see examples.

[cdoverlaw]

Ok, can someone with experience with visual basic point me in the right direction because i am thick, lol, nah its coz i cant seem to work it out,

Thanks for trying to help aewarnick, what is c# like, is it better than vb.net and is it easy to learn, i still need help with this vb.net problem though as it would take to long to convert my windows sidebar to c#

 

Jonathan

[compturon]

ok

dim frmname as new objform

objform.visible = true

[cdoverlaw]

Ok, problem fixed, all i need now is to know how to make the file the form has open to close when the form is closed

 

Incase you want to know i used this code

Dim frmMP As New frmMediaPlayer
       frmMP.Show()

[mutant]

You can use the Closing event or Closed event to execute code you want to execute before or after the form is closed.

[cdoverlaw]

And what is the closing event code?

[mutant]

Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing

End Sub

You can get the code for the event in VS.NET by going to the code view, from the object dropdown on the top left of the code editor select FormName Events and then from the combo to the right select the event, it will automatically add the code for you.

[cdoverlaw]

How do i get it to close the file though

i have this code so far

Private Sub frmMediaPlayer_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing

   End Sub

Edited October 27, 2003 by cdoverlaw

[aewarnick]

"then call Show() not Visible"

Sorry, forgot that Show makes Visible true. It is just easier.

Thanks for reminding me compturon.

 

Look into the Process class. Lot's of posts here about it. Do a search.

[cdoverlaw]

i cant find it.

[compturon]

ok so you show a window and you hide the window you launch the new form and when you close new form do you have to close the old

[cdoverlaw]

my program keeps the original form open while opening a second form which then needs to close leaving only the original form, the problem is that the form that needs to close continues to play the file that was opened in the form, so i need to make it close the file and then close the form (i have got the closing of the form to work, just not the closing of the file)

 

I tried this code

 

FileClose()

[code]

 

but this dosent work

[compturon]

how are you opening the file and what kind of file is it?

(post what you use to open it)

[cdoverlaw]

Private Sub MenuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem2.Click
       OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() 'display Open dialog box
       If OpenFileDialog1.FileName <> "" Then
           Try
               AxWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
           Catch
               MsgBox("Error opening media file.")
           Finally
               FileClose(1) 'close file
           End Try
       End If
   End Sub

This is my opening code

The files are media files, .mp3, .mpeg etc

[cdoverlaw]

Also how do i make the windows media center control resize as the app is resized

[compturon]

ok in

 

 

private sub form1_closing(byval.....)

AxWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = ""

end sub

 

 

That should Do it for you

[cdoverlaw]

Thanks, lol why didnt i think of that, i must be getting thicker in my old age (and i am only 16 lol).

I had to put it in the form exit sub routine, it wouldnt work on the form closing sub routine

 

Anyway can you please tell me where i can fine out how to control every aspect of the media center control (like make it go full screen, set the media file to repeat etc)

[compturon]

check the msdn

[cdoverlaw]

I cant install it because my hard drive is to small, so is there anywhere on the net i can see the info i require

[compturon]

http://www.msdn.com

[cdoverlaw]

hmm, i cant get the stuff i found on there to work properly, i want to make the player to go to fullscreen zoom, what code does this require

[samsmithnz]

This is a VERY painful thread to work through.

 

To open a new form (lets say its called frmMain):

 

dim frmMainInstance as frmMain
frmMainInstance = new frmMain
frmMainInstance.show

 

To close it, maybe you have a button or something, use:

me.close

or

frmMainInstance.Close()

 

That closing function is an event and you can put code in their when your form starts to close.