is there any property for knowing which form is running in background

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i have three windows forms, i have a button in the form 1 and a button in the form2,
if form1 button is clicked, then it shows the form2 as
form2 f2 = new form2();
f2.show();

and the form1 is still in the background and visible,
and there is one more button on the form2 when that button is clicked the same event happen that form2 is running in background and form3 shows up,
and now when the form3 is shown i want to hide the form1
how can i do that?
is there any property that can help me to know which form is running in behind.

Posted 18-Dec-12 3:35am

sariqkhan

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-18T03:40:00

Solution 1

The best way is for you to create an event in Form2 which Form1 handles. When Form2 shows Form3, it signals the event to Form1 which hides itself.

You would also have to provide an event for Form1 to redisplay itself, clearly!

Posted 18-Dec-12 3:40am

OriginalGriff

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CHill60 18-Dec-12 9:48am

@OriginalGriff - sorry I should have refreshed my screen and spotted your answer

sariqkhan 18-Dec-12 9:55am

i got it

CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-18T03:47:00

Solution 2

Form1 f1 = (Form1)Application.OpenForms["Form1"];
f1.Hide();

Posted 18-Dec-12 3:47am

CHill60

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sariqkhan 18-Dec-12 9:55am

thank you too