Determining which child is selected from Window list

[zggs90]

I have a MDI program with a menu item "Windows" which lists all the child windows. I would like to intercept the name of the window that is selected by the user (so that I can do some other processing).

I have tried intercepting in the child window "GotFocus" "Activate" but that doesn't work.

Any ideas please?

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Can you just use the .Caption of the menu item that is clicked??

Harleyquinn

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[zggs90]

Harleyquinn, thanks for your response but I need some form of trigger to indicate that the user has selected a child window.

Any ideas.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

So you want to do it on the child window side rather than on the Clink event of the menu item??

Harleyquinn

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[zggs90]

Many thanks

I don't mind whether it is done on the child side or the Windows menu all I want to get is some indication that the user has selected another child. Then

If childselected is "Child1" then
do something
elseif childselected is "Child2" then
do something else
else
do something altogether different
end if

The problem I have is triggering the above code after the child window is selected.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

So you definitely can't use:

Private Sub mnuWindowListList_Click(Index As Integer)

childselected = "Child" & Index

Select Case childselected

    Case "Child1"
        [green]'do something[/green]
    Case "Child2"
        [green]'do something else[/green]
    Case Else
        [green]'do something altogether different[/green]
End Select
End Sub

On the Menu of the MDIForm????

Harleyquinn

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[HarleyQuinn]

Might have misinterpreted your post. Do you mean when the user selects an already open child window not using the menu, rather by clicking the actual child window itself???

Harleyquinn

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[HarleyQuinn]

In which case the Activate event of the child window would fire...

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[zggs90]

Harleyquinn , I must be going mad. I have tried the "Activate" route before and it failed to work.

I have tried again and now it seems to work OK. Not sure why.

Anyway thanks for all your help.

 

[gmmastros]

This may not be *exactly* relevant here. But...

When working with an MDI application, remember that there is a property of the MDI form called .ActiveForm This property points you to the form with the focus.

This little tip may not help with your immediate problem, but may come in handy later.

 

[zggs90]

gmmastros, thanks for the comment. Probably not appropriate with my problem.