mdi form wont open in mdi

[banks]

hi,

i am trying to develop an mdi style system so that one parent form holds all child forms. I think i have set up the mdi form correctly, but i cant get some forms to open inside the mdi.

for instance i have a main menu form that does open in the mdi, which has buttons on it which i want to link to other pages. with the code below i have placed on the buttons, the form opens a new window.

    Private Sub btnRaiseCar_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRaiseCar.Click
        Dim frmCar As New frmCar
        With frmCar
            .Text = "Child " & Me.MdiChildren.GetLength(0)
            .WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
            .ControlBox = True
            .Show()

        End With
    End Sub

i think i may be missing some code assigning the mdiarent but am unsure - the mdi parent form is called mdiCAR.

Thanks, alex

 

[kulrom]

As you probably call the frmCar form from the mdiCAR form you should point out that mdiparent of certain child form is actually mdiCAR. Means,

[COLOR=blue]With[/COLOR] frmCar
[COLOR=green]{...}[/COLOR]
.MdiParent = [COLOR=blue]Me[/COLOR] [COLOR=green]'this may be that if you call frmCar from another child form to change to: .MdiParent = Me.MdiParent[/COLOR]
.Show()
[COLOR=blue]End With[/COLOR]

Regards