How to See Forms Running in VB6
Checking which forms are currently running in your Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) program is helpful when you need to know whether a form is already running so you don't load it again. A form is the main object of Visual Basic and contains all the components and controls for your program. VB6 features a forms collection that contains all the currently running forms. Loop through the forms collection and check each form's name to see which are running.
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Instructions
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Open your Visual Basic 6.0 file in an editor such as Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0.
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Display the names of all the currently loaded forms by looping through the "Forms" collection. Add the following code in your function:
Dim f as Form
For each f in Forms
MsgBox f.Name
Next f
A "MsgBox" will pop up and display the name of each "Form" loaded.
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Display the name of a specific form if it's loaded by looping through the "Forms" collection. Add the following code in your function:
Dim f as Form
For each f in Forms
If f.Name = "Form2" Then
MsgBox f.Name
End If
Next f
A "MsgBox" will pop up if the form with the name "Form2" is currently loaded.
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Save the Visual Basic 6.0 file, compile and run the program to see what forms are running.
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