Why does modal-form disappear completely when minimized?

Question

I\'m trying to have the owner-form minimize when the modal-form is minimized. But when I minimize the modal-form – it disappears completely. (- I can click on the owner-form

Answer 1

I don't recall every needing this much code to get modal Windows to work. I'm concerned by your comment 'I can click on the owner form', which leads me to believe that the form is nt being correctly set up as modal. By defintion, modal forms must be dealt with before user control can return to the owner form. Minimizinfg the modal form does not constitute properly 'dealing' with the modal form.

Here is some code that I have used in the past. Notes: passing the owner as parameter in ShowDialog establishes the ownership relationship. While I suspect your code works, I've not used it that way.

Also, when I have done this, I have not put any special code in the modal form, and have also disabled all the button in the upper right corner of the form; thereby insuring that the user cannot close, minimize, or maximize the modal form outside of any buttons I have provided.

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    Form2 frm2 = new Form2();

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        frm2.ShowDialog(this);
    }
}

I hope this helps.