"About" form in VB6

[ignacious]

I have been using VBA and recently started programming in VB6. I have created the menu bar with file and help as top level menus. I have created an about form to open under the help menu but am having trouble getting the coding correct to make the about form "popup" when the about menu item is clicked. Can someone help?

Thank you
Ignacious

 

[HarleyQuinn]

in the click event of the menu item try:

Load <youraboutsform'sname>

Hope this helps

HarleyQuinn
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[gmmastros]

After creating the menu, show the form in the VB Development environment. Click the about menu item.

You should be thrown in to the code behind the form. In the click event, open the about form. It should be something like...

Private Sub mnuHelpAbout_Click()
    
    Call frmAbout.Show(vbModal)
    
End Sub

This assumes that your menu item was named mnuHelpAbout and that the about form is names frmAbout

vbModal will cause the about form to be opened modally (meaning that you won't be able to to anything else in the application until you close the about form).

Hope this helps.

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