You can show
forms from code component classes just as you would in a standard Visual Basic project—you
use the Show method:
FormName.Show [ style
[, ownerform]]
Here are the
arguments for Show:
• style—Integer
that determines if the form is modal (vbModal = 1) or modeless (vbModeless
=
0).
• ownerform—String
that specifies the component that owns the form you want to show (for
instance, you
can use the keyword Me here)
In
Visual Basic, Forms are shown as modal or modeless (default). A Form displayed
in modal form prevents the user from accessing any other Forms in the current
program (project) until she has responded to the active Form:
Private Sub
mnuHelpAbout_Click()
frmAbout.Show vbModal
End Sub
Forms
shown with the modeless type do not prevent the user from switching to other
Forms in the application:
Private Sub
mnuHelpAbout_Click()
frmAbout.Show vbModeless
End Sub
