Question about navigating among multiple Userforms

[chuckbo]

I'm trying to set up an app that's going to use multiple user forms, and I'm running into questions using me.Hide and Unload Me. Let me try to simplify the code and describe what I'm doing.

I have a frmMain_menu with various buttons on it. One of which will let me choose from a list of risks to view and edit. It will open a form that contains a listbox.

cmdList_Click()
   frmMain_menu.Hide
   frmList.Show
end Sub

The List form contains a listbox. When the form is displayed, it's going to populate the listbox.

Sub userform_activate
'    code goes here to populate frmListlistRisks
End Sub

When I select an item from the listbox, I want to load data onto a Review form and display the form frmRisk_Template.

Sub lstrisks_click()
 '    code to determine what was selected goes here
'     code to populate the form goes here
   Me.Hide
   frmRisk_Template.Top = 1
   frmRisk_Template.Left = 1
   frmRisk_Template.ScrollTop = 1
   frmRisk_Template.Show
End Sub

There's a button on frmRisk_Template that saves the data, closes the risk template form, and returns to the main menu.

Sub cmdSave_Click()
'   Code to save the data in a table goes here
   Me.Hide
   frmMain_Menu.Show
End Sub

This is the first time I've used a lot of forms and had to consider if I need to Unload them.
I've tried various combinations of Hide and Unload unsuccessfully.
The current version I have displays the list, lets me select an item from the list, displays the details, and returns to the main menu. But then if I select another item on the list, the Clicks action isn't triggered. I suspect VBA thinks that the code for the previous Click hasn't completed yet. I've tried adding some Unload Me code after I hide a form to force that routine to terminate, but I've been left back in the spreadsheet with no forms visible.

Is there a way I'm overlooking to abandon a routine when I display another form? Or is there another technique that I don't know about.

 

[Jimmypop]

Hi there...

Maybe it will work if you load your userforms as vbModeless... I am right if you load a form as modeless you can still interact with other forms and the sheet... Not sure if this will be an option for you? I am using some of my forms as modeless..

e.g.

frmList.Show vbModeless

 

[chuckbo]

I've added vbModeless after all of my form.Show commands, and it looks like it's solved my problem.

 

[Jimmypop]

Hi there...

Glad we could assist and thanks for the feedback