How to perform action for specific forms in the class of the BaseForm?

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I want to let my program know which form is opened and then do some specific action for that form. Forms are opened in a main-window with an overview and the user can click on an image to open a new form. This main-window is not my BaseForm for the forms I want to open.

To check what form is open, I tried the following code:

C#

private void FormCheck()
        {
            foreach (Form form in Application.OpenForms)
            {
                if (form is thisOne)
                {
                    thisOne = true;
                    theOtherOne = false;
                    hollow = false;
                    break;
                }
                if (form is theOtherOne)
                {
                    theOtherOne = true;
                    thisOne = false;
                    hollow = false;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

I set the form-related booleans to true, so I can use them in another function, something like this:

C#

private void ActionTime()
        {
            if (thisOne)
                Debug.WriteLine("ThisOne is open");
            if (theOtherOne)
                Debug.WriteLine("The OtherOne is open");
        }

ActionTime is called on a ClickEvent, but the action never happens... I guess there goes something wrong in the foreach-loop

Posted 27-Sep-12 1:00am

Frans Jan

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-27T01:07:00

Please see this code which works if your forms are Form1 and Form2:

C#

bool bForm1Open = false;
bool bForm2Open = false;
private void FormCheck()
{
   bForm1Open = false;
   bForm2Open = false;
   foreach (Form form in Application.OpenForms)
   {
      if (form is Form1)
      {
         bForm1Open = true;
      }
      if (form is Form2)
      {
         bForm2Open = true;
      }
   }
}

private void ActionTime()
{
   if (bForm1Open)
      Debug.WriteLine("ThisOne is open");
   if (bForm2Open)
      Debug.WriteLine("The OtherOne is open");
}