How do I unload all open forms in VB.NET?

vb.net winforms visual-studio-2008 vb6 vb6-migration
brasskazoo picture brasskazoo · Feb 26, 2009 · Viewed 30.7k times · Source

In the middle of converting VB6 code to VB.NET, I need to replace the following code that intends to close all open forms remaining in the application.

'close all sub forms
For i = My.Application.OpenForms.Count - 1 To 1 Step -1
    'UPGRADE_ISSUE: Unload Forms() was not upgraded. Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.v90/dv_commoner/local/redirect.htm?keyword="875EBAD7-D704-4539-9969-BC7DBDAA62A2"'
    Unload(My.Application.OpenForms(i))
Next i

I've replaced the Unload function with Close (as indicated by TFM), but the compiler complains that OpenForms is not a member of My.Application.

Where can I access the open forms?

Answer

Cerebrus picture Cerebrus · Feb 26, 2009

The OpenForms property returns a FormCollection. You can iterate through the collection to process all forms.

For each f as Form in My.Application.OpenForms
 f.Close()
Next

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