BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Non-Modal Form          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Databases (Desktop) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message chris ross Guest Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:07 am    Post subject: Non-Modal Form Can you tell me how to create a non-modal form in an application. I can get other programs to run e.g. calculator in a shell but cann't seem to find the necessary Show command. Thanks Back to top chris ross Guest Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 11:47 am    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form Using just the show the form flashes on and closes stright away. I want the form on screen so users can refer to the information while switches in the main application to other screens. George Christoforakis wrote: Quote: Form1.Show will open the form in a non-modal way. The FormStyle should not be fsStayOnTop. Do you mean by using the ShellExecute? George Christoforakis "chris ross" <chris (AT) tenerifeinsurance (DOT) biz> wrote in message news:3F7D4A46.9060408 (AT) tenerifeinsurance (DOT) biz... Can you tell me how to create a non-modal form in an application. I can get other programs to run e.g. calculator in a shell but cann't seem to find the necessary Show command. Thanks Back to top George Christoforakis Guest Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form Form1.Show will open the form in a non-modal way. The FormStyle should not be fsStayOnTop. Do you mean by using the ShellExecute? George Christoforakis "chris ross" <chris (AT) tenerifeinsurance (DOT) biz> wrote Quote: Can you tell me how to create a non-modal form in an application. I can get other programs to run e.g. calculator in a shell but cann't seem to find the necessary Show command. Thanks Back to top George Christoforakis Guest Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 1:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form You can leave the form open (don't close it, or disable the close/minimise buttons) and put it somewhere else on the screen or use an MDI application. George Christoforakis. "chris ross" <chris (AT) tenerifeinsurance (DOT) biz> wrote Quote: Using just the show the form flashes on and closes stright away. I want the form on screen so users can refer to the information while switches in the main application to other screens. Back to top Wayne Niddery [TeamB] Guest Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form chris ross wrote: Quote: Using just the show the form flashes on and closes stright away. Is it closing or just getting hidden behind other forms? If you are calling Show then it will not close on its own unless you are doing something to close it (like calling Free after calling Show?). If you want it to stay visible while user uses other forms then set the StayOnTop style in the form properties. -- Wayne Niddery - Logic Fundamentals, Inc. (www.logicfundamentals.com) RADBooks: http://www.logicfundamentals.com/RADBooks.html "It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." - Thomas Jefferson Back to top Bill Todd Guest Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 2:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form If the form closes immediately something in your code is closing it. Set a breakpoint on the Show call and step through your code. -- Bill (TeamB) (TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email) Back to top chris ross Guest Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form I am freeing it, but this is standard code to free the resources and should only be executed once the user closes the form. I'll recheck the code and try the StayOnTop style. Ta Wayne Niddery [TeamB] wrote: Quote: chris ross wrote: Using just the show the form flashes on and closes stright away. Is it closing or just getting hidden behind other forms? If you are calling Show then it will not close on its own unless you are doing something to close it (like calling Free after calling Show?). If you want it to stay visible while user uses other forms then set the StayOnTop style in the form properties. Back to top chris ross Guest Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form Hi Bill, I have stepped through the code and I am only getting to show and then there is the Finally... in which I free the resources. This should only be activated by the User closing the form, correct? So it shows, then I press F7 in debug mode to move on a line and it steps into the finally clause. I have not clicked on anything iin the form to request a closure. Any ideas? Bill Todd wrote: Quote: If the form closes immediately something in your code is closing it. Set a breakpoint on the Show call and step through your code. -- Bill (TeamB) (TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email) Back to top Bill Todd Guest Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 15:55:16 +0200, chris ross <chris (AT) tenerifeinsurance (DOT) biz> wrote: Quote: This should only be activated by the User closing the form, correct? No. That is not correct. When you call Show the form is non-modal and your code continues to execute. When you call ShowModal execution stops on the call to ShowModal until the user closes the form. -- Bill (TeamB) (TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email) Back to top chris ross Guest Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form Okay.., so in that case I am probably looking at this issue the wrong way. My Insurance Database application uses modal forms throughout, however, what I wanted to create was a utility or other form that could stay open while the main application is running so that the Users could refer to the information on it. I thought I could do this by showing a form but in a non-modal state so it would be independant to the main processing of the application. Am I of course here? How can I acheive the desired results? Bill Todd wrote: Quote: On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 15:55:16 +0200, chris ross [email]chris (AT) tenerifeinsurance (DOT) biz[/email]> wrote: This should only be activated by the User closing the form, correct? No. That is not correct. When you call Show the form is non-modal and your code continues to execute. When you call ShowModal execution stops on the call to ShowModal until the user closes the form. -- Bill (TeamB) (TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email) Back to top Bill Todd Guest Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 7:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Non-Modal Form On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:39:03 +0200, chris ross <chris (AT) tenerifeinsurance (DOT) biz> wrote: Quote: I thought I could do this by showing a form but in a non-modal state so it would be independant to the main processing of the application. Am I of course here? No. You are on course. That is exactly the way calling Show works. Consider the following code. F := TModelessForm.Create(Application); F.Show; ShowMessage('The modeless form has been shown'); This will create and show an instance of TModelessForm modelessly and immidiately show a dialog box with the message in it. -- Bill (TeamB) (TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email) Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Databases (Desktop) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C++ Builder Newsgroups----------------C++ BuilderC++ Builder (ActiveX)C++ Builder (Announcements)C++ Builder (Command Line Tools)C++ Builder DatabasesC++ Builder Databases (ADO)C++ Builder Databases (Desktop)C++ Builder Databases (InterBase Express)C++ Builder Databases (Multi-Tier)C++ Builder Databases (SQL Servers)C++ Builder (Graphics)C++ Builder (IDE)C++ Builder (Internet)C++ Builder (Internet Socket)C++ Builder (Internet Web)C++ Builder (Jobs)C++ Builder (Language)C++ Builder (Language C++)C++ Builder (Compatibility with MFC)C++ Builder (Native API)C++ Builder (Non-Technical)C++ Builder (Students)C++ Builder (Third Party Tools)C++ Builder (Upgrade)C++ Builder (VCL)C++ Builder (VCL Components Usage)C++ Builder (VCL Components Development)C++ Builder (VCL Usage)C++ Builder (WinAPI)C++ Builder Installation Delphi Newsgroups----------------Delphi (General)Delphi ActiveX Controls UsageDelphi ActiveX Controls DevelopmentDelphi As400Delphi DatabasesDelphi Databases (ADO)Delphi Databases (dbExpress)Delphi Databases (Desktop)Delphi Databases (InterBase Express)Delphi Databases (Multi-Tier)Delphi Databases (SQL Servers)Delphi DeploymentDelphi GraphicsDelphi IDEDelphi InternationalizationDelphi InternetDelphi Internet Isapi-WebBrokerDelphi Internet WebSnapDelphi Internet WinsockDelphi JobsDelphi Language BASMDelphi Language ObjectPascalDelphi Model Driven Architecture (General)Delphi Model Driven Architecture (Third Party)Delphi MultimediaDelphi Native APIDelphi Non-TechnicalDelphi ObjectPascalDelphi OLE AutomationDelphi OO designDelphi OpenToolsAPIDelphi Reporting-ChartingDelphi RTLDelphi StudentsDelphi TeamSourceDelphi Thirdparty ToolsDelphi Thirdparty Tools (General)Delphi Thirdparty Tools (IntraWeb)Delphi Thirdparty Tools (RaveReports)Delphi UpgradeDelphi VCLDelphi VCL ComponentsDelphi VCL Components UsingDelphi VCL Components WritingDelphi WebServices SOAPDelphi WinAPIDelphi XMLDelphi Installationcomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.misccomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.usagecomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.writingcomp.lang.pascal.delphi.databasescomp.lang.pascal.delphi.misccomp.sources.delphi JBuilder Newsgroups----------------JBuilderJBuilder AnnouncementsJBuilder Applet IssuesJBuilder As400JBuilder CompilerJBuilder CORBA/RMIJBuilder DatabasesJBuilder DB SwingJBuilder DebuggerJBuilder DeploymentJBuilder DocumentationJBuilder EnterpriseJBuilder HandheldJBuilder IDEJBuilder JavaJBuilder JavaAPIJBuilder Java LanguageJBuilder Java SwingJBuilder Java BeansJBuilder Java Beans UsageJBuilder Java Beans DevelopmentJBuilder JBCLJBuilder JDataStoreJBuilder JobsJBuilder LinuxJBuilder MacintoshJBuilder & MobileSetJBuilder MultiLingual AppsJBuilder Non-TechnicalJBuilder OpenToolsJBuilder Servlets (JSP)JBuilder StudentsJBuilder Team DevelopmentJBuilder Thirdparty ToolsJBuilder UpgradeJBuilder Installation InterBase Newsgroups----------------InterBaseInterBase Bug DiscussionInterBase GeneralInterBase IBConsoleInterBase OpenSourceInterBase ReplicationInterBase SQLInterBase ThirdpartyInterBase Installation Miscellaneous Borland Newsgroups----------------AppCenterAppServerEnteraVisiBroker  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.