Form.TopLevel Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a value indicating whether to display the form as a top-level window.
public:
property bool TopLevel { bool get(); void set(bool value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public bool TopLevel { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.TopLevel : bool with get, set
Public Property TopLevel As Boolean
Property Value
true
to display the form as a top-level window; otherwise, false
. The default is true
.
- Attributes
Exceptions
A Multiple-document interface (MDI) parent form must be a top-level window.
Examples
The following example use the Modal property to determine if a form is displayed as a modal form. If it is not the FormBorderStyle and TopLevel properties are changed to make the form non-top-level form with a tool window border.
private:
void ShowMyNonModalForm()
{
Form^ myForm = gcnew Form;
myForm->Text = "My Form";
myForm->SetBounds( 10, 10, 200, 200 );
myForm->Show();
// Determine if the form is modal.
if ( myForm->Modal == false )
{
// Change borderstyle and make it not a top level window.
myForm->FormBorderStyle = ::FormBorderStyle::FixedToolWindow;
myForm->TopLevel = false;
}
}
private void ShowMyNonModalForm()
{
Form myForm = new Form();
myForm.Text = "My Form";
myForm.SetBounds(10,10,200,200);
myForm.Show();
// Determine if the form is modal.
if(myForm.Modal == false)
{
// Change borderstyle and make it not a top level window.
myForm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedToolWindow;
myForm.TopLevel = false;
}
}
Private Sub ShowMyNonModalForm()
Dim myForm As New Form()
myForm.Text = "My Form"
myForm.SetBounds(10, 10, 200, 200)
myForm.Show()
' Determine if the form is modal.
If myForm.Modal = False Then
' Change borderstyle and make it not a top level window.
myForm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedToolWindow
myForm.TopLevel = False
End If
End Sub
Remarks
A top-level form is a window that has no parent form, or whose parent form is the desktop window. Top-level windows are typically used as the main form in an application.