How to check if a windows form is already open, an

Question

I have a form "fm" that is a simple info window that opens every 10 mins (fm.Show();).

How I can make that every 10 mins it will check if the form "fm" is open and if it is open it closes it and open it again!

Now the form fm is always created with form fm = new form();
so when I try to check if the form is open it will always be false and open a new window even if there is one form before!

I need to have a tool to give it a unique identity and then check if this form with unique identity is opened or not!

I do not want to just update the data on the form (fm), because I have a complicated info with buttons.

The form name is "UpdateWindow"

Solved using the following:

Form fc = Application.OpenForms["UpdateWindow"]; 

if (fc != null) 
   fc.Close(); 

fc.Show();

Answer 1

try this

 bool IsOpen = false;
    foreach (Form f in Application.OpenForms)
    {
        if (f.Text == "Form2")
        {
            IsOpen = true;
            f.Focus();
            break;
        }
    }

    if (IsOpen == false)
    {
        Form2 f2 = new Form2();
        f2.MdiParent = this;
        f2.Show();
    }

Answer 2

Form only once

If your goal is to diallow multiple instaces of a form, consider following ...

public class MyForm : Form
{
    private static MyForm alreadyOpened = null;

    public MyForm()
    {
        // If the form already exists, and has not been closed
        if (alreadyOpened != null && !alreadyOpened.IsDisposed)
        {
            alreadyOpened.Focus();            // Bring the old one to top
            Shown += (s, e) => this.Close();  // and destroy the new one.
            return;
        }           

        // Otherwise store this one as reference
        alreadyOpened = this;  

        // Initialization
        InitializeComponent();
    }
}

Answer 3

Form user_rpt = Application.OpenForms["frmUesr_reports"];
        if (user_rpt == null)
        {
            /// Do Something here
        }

Try This This is the short idea to check Form open or not open

Answer 4

The below actually works very well.

private void networkInformationToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var _open = false;
    FormCollection fc = Application.OpenForms;
    foreach (Form frm in fc)
    {
        if (frm.Name == "FormBrowseNetworkInformation")
        {
            _open = true;
            frm.Select();
            break;
        }
    }
    if (_open == false)
    {
        var formBrowseNetworkInformation = new FormBrowseNetworkInformation();
        formBrowseNetworkInformation.Show();
    }
}

Answer 5

* Hope This will work for u

System.Windows.Forms.Form f1 = System.Windows.Forms.Application.OpenForms["Order"];
if(((Order)f1)!=null)
{
//open Form
}
else
{
//not open
}

Answer 6

This is what I used to close all open forms (except for the main form)

    private void CloseOpenForms()
    {

           // Close all open forms - except for the main form.  (This is usually OpenForms[0].
           // Closing a form decrmements the OpenForms count
           while (Application.OpenForms.Count > 1)
           {
               Application.OpenForms[Application.OpenForms.Count-1].Close();
           }
    }