[sinstone]

hey guys and gals,

i want to replace a form with another at the same position and same size, the transition between both has to be seemless.

thanks everyone!!!!

[elnerdo]

First, you set the first form to visible and the second form to not visible.

Then, to transfer, you set the second form's .left and .top properties to equal the first form's .left and .top properties. Ditto for the width and height properties. Then, you hide the first form and show the second form.

[sinstone]

thanks that worked quite well

now here's the little problem... you can kind of see that the screen changes (the transition isn't seemless)

now i think i know how i can counter this but i run into a problem, here's the code

If (i = 7) Then
Form1.ActiveForm.BackgroundImage = BackgroundImage.Image
ShadowFadeInParent.Visible = False
PspBlurParent.Visible = False
ShadowFadeInTimer.Stop()
Dim PrincipleForm As New Principle
PrincipleForm.Size = Me.ActiveForm.Size
PrincipleForm.Top = Me.ActiveForm.Top
PrincipleForm.Left = Me.ActiveForm.Left
PrincipleForm.Left = Me.ActiveForm.Left
Me.ActiveForm.Hide()
PrincipleForm.Show()
End If

i have to do the Me.ActiveForm.Hide() before the PrincipleForm.Show() because if I don't VB assigns the Me pointer to PrincipleForm.

basically, i need to know how to assign a name to the first form

thanks!

[elnerdo]

Why not me.hide instead of me.activeform.hide?

[sinstone]

gives me an error :S think so anyways

edit: i take that back, works now

hehe and i figured out how i'm gonna fix my app thanks!

[rdprogrammer]

Why dont you just fade the second form over the first using the opacity feature?

richard