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can i use ismdicontainer and .showdialog for my form at the same time? i have a main menu that when i open a new form it pops inside of it. but i want to use .showdialog so that only the form open are the ones being used and the forms behind that cannot be clicked. thanks

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>can i use ismdicontainer and .showdialog for my form at the same time?

No.

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this is a little different, but you could use say:

visible = false;
Form2 Form = new Form2();
Form.ShowDialog();

this will cause your first form to not be visible, and bring up your second form. Hope it helps you!

Jamesonh20

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