form as a popup 1

[zianole]

Can i close a dialog (child) form by clicking outside the boundries of form. Actuall I want a form to behave like a popup, but show as a dialog form. Is it possible?
thanks

 

[TipGiver]

Try this: (not tested)

Show the form (not showdialog) and have the topmost set to true. Close the form (me.close) in the lostfocus event.

 

[zianole]

Thanks TipGiver.

your solution is very easy. I tried your idea in following code. Because I need behaviour of showdialog (pause processing untill form close), So using while loop until form close. Please suggest, is there simpler way?

<<<<<<<<<< CODE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Dim formClosed As Boolean

Public Sub ShowLikeDialog()
formClosed = False
Me.TopMost = True
Me.Show()
While formClosed = False
Application.DoEvents()
End While
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_LostFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.LostFocus
formClosed = True
Me.Close()
End Sub

End Class

<<<<<<<<<< END CODE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[zianole]

Above code is working fine on blank form but I found that lostfocus call automatically whenever focus goes to any control on same form.
For example when I put a textbox control on form, form lostfocus event called automatically after form.show call, so form disapears right after show.
I am using .net2003