Prevent same child window multiple times in MDI form

Question

I am working on c# desktop application, In MDI form the same child window getting opened when you click on menu, while first instance of that window is present. How can I preven

Answer 1

You can check if the form has been opened already:

  Form instance = null;

  // Looking for MyForm among all opened forms 
  foreach (Form form in Application.OpenForms) 
    if (form is MyForm) {
      instance = form;

      break; 
    }

  if (Object.ReferenceEquals(null, instance)) {
    // No opened form, lets create it and show up:
    instance = new MyForm();
    instance.Show();
    ...
  }
  else {
    // MyForm has been already opened

    // Lets bring it to front, focus, restore it sizes (if minimized)
    if (instance.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
      instance.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal; 

    instance.BringToFront();

    if (instance.CanFocus) 
      instance.Focus();
    ...
  }

Answer 2

Maybe this can help you:

public static bool formOpened = false;   // it is global boolean
Form2 instance;

When you open your form:

if(formOpened == false)
{
   instance = new Form2();
   instance.Show();
   formOpened = true;
}
else
{
    instance.Focus();
}

One more thing is after your Form2 is been closed, you should set the value of formOpened to false;