>Hi, I've set up a collection to keep track of forms. I've used the forms
>caption as the key to each object in the collection to keep track of which
>forms are stored in it. My question is how can I now use the key to determine
>if that form has already been loaded? I can loop through the collection but I
>only seem to be able to reference the count which doesn't seem to help my
>problem. Any suggestions would be much appreciated
>
>Ant

"Markus Weber (Megalith GmbH)" wrote:

> Set FormFormCol = colForms(strYourKey)
>
> should do what you want. If this line of code fails the form is not
> included in the collection.
>
> By the way, there is no need to create such a collection by yourself.
> VB already offers the "Forms" collection which might be exactly what
> you need.
>
> >Hi, I've set up a collection to keep track of forms. I've used the forms
> >caption as the key to each object in the collection to keep track of which
> >forms are stored in it. My question is how can I now use the key to determine
> >if that form has already been loaded? I can loop through the collection but I
> >only seem to be able to reference the count which doesn't seem to help my
> >problem. Any suggestions would be much appreciated
> >
> >Ant
>
>

"Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" <i.get@enough.spam> wrote in message
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>
>>> Thanks very much; That did it. I also looked for the forms
>>> collection but I couldn't find such an object 'Forms'. I'm using
>>> VB6 (SP3).
>>
>> The Forms collection is a standard part of VB6.. add this to your
>> code somewhere:
>>
>> dim f as form
>> for each f in Forms
>>  debug.print f.Name
>> next
>
> Does the Forms collection have a key or is it only accessible by
> index? I'm betting on the latter, so it won't solve the poster's
> original problem.

"Ant" <A**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Marcus,
> Thanks very much; That did it. I also looked for the forms collection but
I
> couldn't find such an object 'Forms'. I'm using VB6 (SP3). You might be
> referring to .NET (?)
> Doesn't really matter as this collection does fine.
> Thanks again.
>
>
> "Markus Weber (Megalith GmbH)" wrote:
>
> > Set FormFormCol = colForms(strYourKey)
> >
> > should do what you want. If this line of code fails the form is not
> > included in the collection.
> >
> > By the way, there is no need to create such a collection by yourself.
> > VB already offers the "Forms" collection which might be exactly what
> > you need.
> >
> > >Hi, I've set up a collection to keep track of forms. I've used the
forms
> > >caption as the key to each object in the collection to keep track of
which
> > >forms are stored in it. My question is how can I now use the key to
determine
> > >if that form has already been loaded? I can loop through the collection
but I
> > >only seem to be able to reference the count which doesn't seem to help
my
> > >problem. Any suggestions would be much appreciated
> > >
> > >Ant
> >
> >
>