I have 2 winforms in an application in visual studio. The first one is kind of a loading screen, making sure there are no connection problems, then a second winforms opens, which would be a login form. I use this method to close the first form and open the second one:
this.Close();
th = new Thread(opennewform); // [opennewform thread: Application.Run(new Login());]
th.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
th.Start();
and it works fine, but when the second form opens it loses focus. I've tried adding this.Activate
, this.BringtoFront
, this.Show
to the second form, but it doesn't work. And what I need is after the first form closes and the second one opens, this second form is the "active" form, so it always pops up. I also needed to use the close/thread method so that the first form really closes and not just this.hide();
but actually stays in the background. Thanks in advance for the help.
CodePudding user response:
You do not need to create a new thread. Instead, change the start code to something like this
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.SetHighDpiMode(HighDpiMode.SystemAware);
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
var form1 = new Form1();
form1.Show();
Application.Run();
}
I.e., remove the first form from Application.Run()
, so that the application does not exit when this form closes.
Then open the second form with
Close();
var form2 = new Form2();
form2.Show();
Now, the application will not exit automatically when you close any form. Therefore, you must exit it explicitly with Application.Exit();
, e.g. in the FormClosed
event of the second form.
CodePudding user response:
try:
Form2 f2 = new Form2();
this.Hide();
f2.ShowDialog();
this.Close();