Allowing an MDIChild Form To Also Be Modal

[bobbarker]

I have an MDI form.

On this form I have 2 menu options.

Menu option 1 calls frmModal which has MDIChild property = false. It is called by

 frmModal.Show vbModal

as I wish to show it modally. This forms shows a grid with many records

Menu option 2 calls frmChild which has MDIChild property = true. It is called by

 frmChild.Show

I have a command button on frmChild which also loads frmModal, listing just the record that is viewed in frmChild. It is called by

 frmModal.Show vbModal

as I wish to show it modally.

When frmModal is loaded from the menu my customer would now also like a command button on frmModal that would load frmChild with the details of the row currently selected on frmModal. If I try

 frmChild.Show

I get error 401 "Can't show non-modal form when modal form is displayed"

How can I best define frmChild. I want to be able to call it modally from frmModal (therefore can not have it as an MDIChild?), but I also want it to be a modeless form contained with the MDI form when I load it from the menu.

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[vladk]

Make search for "mdi child modal" in this forum first.