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Ivan George Borges	Ivan George Borges posted 18 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: StrataFrame MVPs Posts: 1.9K, Visits: 21K	Hi. Is it possible to make a modal form (showdialog) be part of an MDI parent?
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Trent Taylor	Trent Taylor posted 18 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Developers Posts: 6.6K, Visits: 6.9K	Actually, no. When you call the ShowDialog method it requires that the modal form is a top-level form. In fact, if you try to set the MdiParent property to the MDI parent then call the ShowDialog method on the child form, you will get the error message: "Form that is not a top-level form cannot be displayed as a modal dialog box. Remove the form from any parent form before calling showDialog."
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Ivan George Borges	Ivan George Borges posted 18 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame MVPs Posts: 1.9K, Visits: 21K	Thanks Trent. Yeah, I've faced that error. Was wondering if there was a magic, or something.
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Trent Taylor	Trent Taylor posted 18 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Developers Posts: 6.6K, Visits: 6.9K	The "magic trick" in this case is to just not do that
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Ivan George Borges	Ivan George Borges posted 18 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame MVPs Posts: 1.9K, Visits: 21K	I've just sent Bill Gates a Feature Request.
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Trent Taylor	Trent Taylor posted 18 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Developers Posts: 6.6K, Visits: 6.9K	LOL...Yeah, I am sure that he will take the request personally to the VS team.
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