Designing Forms in VB.NET 2008

[Vinny777]

Hi,

I am transitioning from VB6 to VB.NET 2008 environment.

Suppose I have a ToolStrip1 at the top of my Form1.

I want to be able to display different forms within Form1 when I click on buttons on my ToolStrip1.

So if I click on Button1, I will display FormA within Form1. If I click on Button2, I will display FormB. And so forth.

How do I accomplish this? Which controls do I use to display FormA, FormB, ... within Form1?

In VB6, I used a 3rd Party Splitter control and assigned the FormA.hwnd to a Pane of my Splitter control within Form1.

Thanks,

Vince.

[eclipsed4utoo]

create the different forms to have whatever controls you want. Then create a new instance of the form, and show it.

[Hack]

On the rare occasion I need to display one form within another, I used a frame, and put the other form inside that.

[vaidee325]

HI Vinny,

In VS 2008, you dont need to display multiple forms. You can use the panel controls to put controls within it and hide and display the appropriate panels.

[Hack]

You could do that in VB6 and earlier as well using Frames.