Code to know whether APP / DIALOG BOX is OPEN or CLOSED . . .

mbatchelor

All --

Is there a way that code can run when an APP is OPEN or CLOSED within PREMIER or to tell whether an APP / DIALOG BOX is OPEN or CLOSED?

Code placed in

    Sub MyControl_Load

seems to run when:

    ** PREMIER is RUN rather than when the APP is OPENED.
    ** WORKBENCH switches from the EDIT MODE to the LOAD MODE

Code placed in

    Sub Finalize

seems to run when:

    ** PREMIER is EXITED rather than when the APP is CLOSED.
    ** WORKBENCH switches from the LOAD MODE to the EDIT MODE

I'd like this bit of code to run once when the DIALOG BOX is OPENED and perhaps a bit of CLEANUP CODE to run when the DIALOG BOX is CLOSED.

Is there a way to make that happen?

Thanks.

-- Matt

YuriG

Hi Matt,

You can use these events to track hide/show:

    Private Sub MyControl_AppLoading() Handles MyControl.AppLoading
       MsgBox("AppLoading")
    End Sub

    Private Sub MyControl_AppUnloading() Handles MyControl.AppUnloading
       MsgBox("AppUnloading")
    End Sub

MyControl is derived from UserControl (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.usercontrol(v=vs.110).aspx ), so you can also use any of UserControl events.

Regards,

Yuri

mbatchelor

Yuri --

Thank you for your reply with CODE EXAMPLES and URL.

I have tried your code and it works GREAT.

Now I can shift some code from

    Private Sub MyControl_Load

to

    Private Sub MyControl_AppLoading

so the code runs when the APP OPENS.

This will save CLOSING and REOPENING the PREMIER or EDITING and LOADING the PROJECT.

I've scanned the info at the URL and I will revisit it later.

Thanks again.

-- Matt

mbatchelor

All --

FYI . . .

It seems that

    Private Sub MyControl_AppLoading

runs nicely when an APP is opened from the APPS RIBBON + APPS SECTION + APP BUTTON but it does not seem to run when the APP is started / restarted via the LOAD button within the PROJECT WORKBENCH.

I hope this information is helpful.

-- Matt