Showing Forms

Last Updated: 9/19/2008

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Destroying Forms
Passing Data

IntraWeb Forms are shown by calling the Show method. One thing that is different however from a normal application is that the form is not shown immediately when the .Show method is called. With an IntraWeb application the call to the .Show method merely sets the form as the next active form to show after the event exits and returns to IntraWeb. Only after the event executes will the form be shown.

A given instance of a form can be shown multiple times to bring it to the top. In this case the instance of the form will be in the form list in multiple places.

Showing Forms in IntraWeb for Delphi

The general format to display a form is this:

TFormType.Create(WebApplication).Show;

This may be confusing at first, but it is just short hand for:

    with TFormType.Create(WebApplication) do begin
        Show;
    end;

This should be familiar to you as it is the same as in a standard application except the owner here is WebApplication.