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I encounter the following scenarios when I try to use 2 forms. My workflow is as follows:

(1) Load Form1.

(2) A click on button1 on Form1 closes Form1 and opens Form2.

Solution A: If I use the following code:

Dim oForm As New Form2

oForm.ShowDialog()

Me.Close()

Then Form1 will be under Form2 (Form1 still opens).

Solution B: If I use the following code:

Dim oForm As New Form2

oForm.Show()

Me.Close()

Then Form1 closes and Form2 opens, but Form1 is not on the top layer.

I have looked through the solutions for this, most propose solution B, but for me, both solutions won't work the way I want. Can anybody tell me the reason?

Try

Dim oForm as New Form2



oForm.Show()

and on Load event of form2

Form1.Hide()

Use form.bringtofront() if you want to see the opening Form in the front, I m little confused though about what you are trying to do

Try doing it this way:

Dim oForm As New Form2()



Me.Hide()

oForm.ShowDialog()



Me.Close()

I suspect your are building a log-in dialogue... if so, or something similar, try this..

Open your main form first... (Form 2), have form2 showdialog (modally) form1... this will put form1 on top of form2.

Add a property to form 1, that gets set depending on what happens there.. sucessfull login for instance.

Close form 1 from its own methods... (after successful authentication), set the property before closing.

On form2, read this property of form1, and then dispose form1, and decide what to do... if unsuccessful login, show the login form again, end app. If successful, just gracefully exit out of the method that showed form1. Your form 2 is now the only form open.

Start with Form2

Form2_load

dim f1 as new form1

f1.showdialog

if f1.someproperty = somevalue then



 ' do something here, for instance, pop the form again, if you did not get what you were lookign for...



end if



'gracefully let the function end and form2 is now the only open form..



'dispose of form1. form1's close call does not dispose it, because it was opened modally. (showdialog)



f1.dispose

f1 = nothing

in form1, depending on what you are doing, set the custom property and call me.close, this will exit the form, and run the next code in form2.

try this:

Dim oForm As New Form2



oForm.Show()



Me.Visible = False

You would to close your first form and this close your program. If you set him on invisible, he is not closed.

You wanted to close Form1 and open Form2 when Button1 is pressed, right? This code is for Button1 in Form1. You didn't tell much I don't know what exactly you are trying to do, but this is the EASIEST way to close a Form and open another Form by pressing a Button, always works for me

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

     Me.Close()

     Form2.Show()

End Sub

Just go to form2 and write the Form1.hide() . I tried to close form1 but it closed my whole program.

Public Class Form2

    Private Sub Form2_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        Form1.Hide()

    End Sub

End Class