Question

I am a newbiest in c# and window form
i am doing a project and i meet some problem

1. how can i navigate forms within the window( i have a menu strip, when click it will show a item “Brand”, so when i click it, it should open up within the window , i don’t want something using the mdiparent/container, i have form1 and form2, then i put the menu strip in form1, which there is some thing inside form1, if use the mdiparent/container, the form1 content/thing will block the form2 )

2.i use the below code and the problem is i want to close the form1 which i click on ” Brand” in the menu strip…but how???

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    //  i put the menu strip in form1 design
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    }

    private void Check_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form2 Check = new Form2();
        Check.Show();
    }
}

Answer 1

You cannot just close the Form1 as it is the main form, but you can hide it. Use this.Hide().

private void Check_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Form2 Check= new Form2();
    Check.Show();
    Hide();
}

[EDIT]

Not sure if this is what is asked. But…

There are many ways to implement navigation between forms, for example:

In Form1:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Form2 form2 = new Form2();
    form2.Tag = this;
    form2.Show(this);
    Hide();
}

In Form2:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var form1 = (Form1)Tag;
    form1.Show();
    Close();
}