Subject Re: Marrying forms From WJS <warra@nowhere.com> Date Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:41:11 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2016/10/18 7:04 PM, Charlie wrote: > Probably a question I should have asked a long time ago but this is the situation: > > We have a menu form.  Of course when you push a certain selection a form pops up with the menu form. > > Is there a way to connect the two so that they won't separate when using other programs on the computer? > > For instance my menu form is open and I select a menu item in inventory control and that form opens up.  Then I go to a different program and do some work with both the menu form and inventory > > I go to the task bar to show the open forms and they are separate.  I can choose one or the other.  But actually I should only have one choice and they would both pop up together.  Not sure if this is the way they are supposed to work or if there is a way of marrying them so that they appear together with the menu form in the background. > > Hope I didn't confuse anyone.  I'm sort of confused! :) > There is an article in the old dbullitin called  An Application With its Own Desktop. Issue 4 You use a form that serves as parent to other forms i.e. The child forms are bound to the parent just like any other object. http://www.dbasedeveloper.co.uk/dBulletin/bulletin.htm Wian