[websurfer]

Can someone explain how to load and unload forms in MDI please, I'm working on the next version of my app and I don't want a lot of different windows loading and unloading.

Also, how can I make a variable be the same in all of these different forms, for example, can I set varTest1 to 5 in form1, and then in form2 add to it to make it 7? I want to know because at the end, I want all the text boxes of the different forms to come together in a text file to make a CSS.

[coderitr]

I've worked with MDI applications only briefly but I believe that you load forms in the MDI interface by instantiating a new instance of them. For example:

Dim myForm as New Form1
myForm.Show

It's either that or

Load Form1

About having a variable accessible to all forms within your project, if you add a module to the project (not a class module) and declare the variable Public in that module then its scope is the entire project and you can manipulate it from any where else in your code.

[websurfer]

How do I delcare the variable public in the module?

Sorry, I'm pretty much a noob with VB.

[coderitr]

Public varname As <type>

Type can be any valid variable type. You'll get a list of them when you hit the space after the "As"

[websurfer]

Thanks again, one more question, is it possible to dock the forms in the MDI, and to set the percent amount that they occupy?

[coderitr]

Not natively (that I'm aware of.) You can write your own code to specify the amount of space each child window is allowed to consume. I don't have any idea how you would dock a child window in an MDI container. Sorry.