Switching between forms in WinForm app
Hey,
I'm trying to create a small little data managment app, and I've got most of the stuff figured out, but I have a problem with one of my desired solutions.
The app has a side bar with menu items, and a listview.
The menu buttons should change what data is being shown in the list view.
To do this I can imagine 2 solutions.
Sol 1 is to reformat the list view and stuff it with new data.
Sol 2, which is where I have problems, is having a few forms laying about, with their own formatted and data filled ListViews, but I get a little confused on how to do it.
I've seen https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9462592/best-practices-for-multi-form-applications-to-show-and-hide-forms where Zev Spitz does a good job at describing a FormManager,
My confusion with his explanation is if I should do "var f3 = new Form3();" in the Form Manager constructor whenever I need a new form for a button, of if this is called in the MainForm.cs
Anyone with any knowledge on the handling of multiple forms in winform apps is greatly appreciated
I'm trying to create a small little data managment app, and I've got most of the stuff figured out, but I have a problem with one of my desired solutions.
The app has a side bar with menu items, and a listview.
The menu buttons should change what data is being shown in the list view.
To do this I can imagine 2 solutions.
Sol 1 is to reformat the list view and stuff it with new data.
Sol 2, which is where I have problems, is having a few forms laying about, with their own formatted and data filled ListViews, but I get a little confused on how to do it.
I've seen https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9462592/best-practices-for-multi-form-applications-to-show-and-hide-forms where Zev Spitz does a good job at describing a FormManager,
My confusion with his explanation is if I should do "var f3 = new Form3();" in the Form Manager constructor whenever I need a new form for a button, of if this is called in the MainForm.cs
Anyone with any knowledge on the handling of multiple forms in winform apps is greatly appreciated
Stack Overflow
There are tons of questions on StackOverflow asking how to hide Form1 and show Form2. And, usually, a few different answers crop up:
1)
// Program.cs
Application.Run(new Form1());
// Form1.cs
Form2
1)
// Program.cs
Application.Run(new Form1());
// Form1.cs
Form2
