Closing a modal form ONLY

[JesGo]

Hey I'm new to programming and to the forum. I am creating a simple inventory system that uses both modal and non-modal forms. My challenge is I created a change password form (modal) and it has a 'change password' button as well as a 'cancel' button. When i click cancel, it closes everything. I dont want that I only want the change password form to close leaving the parent form in view. I have search high and low but the help that I got (this.close, dispose) does not work. I even changed the dialogResult property to cancel but that didnt work either. How do I accomplish this?

[Momerath]

Depends on how you've coded the logic of the form. this.Hide() should do what you want.

[JesGo]

I tried that but it didnt really hide it was still there its just that you cannot interface with it because of how modal forms operate. I want it to be removed from view totally and should only be seen if I bring it back. Any other suggestions?

[Momerath]

When you Hide the form it is no longer visible. I have no idea what you think you are doing, but it isn't calling Hide on the form.

[tinstaafl]

I'm thinking that perhaps you're coding and the set up of your properties might be out. With accept and cancel assigned on the modal form and this.Close(); in the click event of the cancel button, just the modal form closes, not the parent. when testing this I also set the isMDIParent to true on the parent form.

[samsylvestertty]

What is the first form of your project? Is it an MDI parent?

[JesGo]

@samsylvestertty, no its not. The MDI thing was giving me some problems in order to do what I wanted so thats how I used modal forms. If I set the parent form to MDI, it will mess up the design.

[samsylvestertty]

I tried to reproduce the problem you posted but couldn't. This link seems to be identical to your problem. Check that....

[ddanbe]

This is a code snippet I posted some time ago. I hope it can help.