What is the best way to dynamically display a form in a container?

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I have a main form which I would like to use as a container for a header section, menu section and then the rest of the area will be used to display a form based on either the menu selection or a previous form selection. There will be only one form displayed at a time in this section.

I have the borderless forms created, but need to know how to link the menu button clicks to displaying the forms in the "Form Display" area. Should I use a panel? And what is the button click code to usein VB 2010?

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Posted 26-Aug-14 7:55am

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gniruT nalA · Answer 1 · 2014-08-26T09:06:00

Not too sure what the button click code would be. However I would go with a User Control because I don't believe you can have a Form within a Form. Here is what the code for the button clicks would probably look like:

VB

function button1_click
    DispalyPanel.Controls.Remove(Control2)
    Control2.Dispose()
    DispalyPanel.Controls.Add(Control1)
end function

You may have to set the display settings (such as fill and dock) in each click event to make the control fill the panel.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2014-08-26T10:21:00

You need to use a set of panels with certain values of the property Control.Dock. The value for each case should be apparent from here (avoid using the default None):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.dockstyle(v=vs.110).aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.dock%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^].

Moreover, you should better use a number of inner panels, say, for your buttons and other things. You need to combine Dock with Control.Padding property:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.padding(v=vs.110).aspx[^].

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jharding08 · Answer 3 · 2014-08-26T10:33:00

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Looks like that is the way to go. Thank you for your help

Posted 26-Aug-14 10:33am

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