How to navigate to a new page in Gambas3

Question

I find myself having to deal with some delightful legacy software written in Gambas3. I have to extend the functionality of a small GUI application with a new control page.

Naturally, as for similar GUI libraries I've worked with (web, Android development, flutter, ...) I came looking for a way to navigate between different pages. It is almost implied as possible by the organization in .form files.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to achieve this. Given multiple different Form objects, how can I swap the currently viewed window between them?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '19 at 11:45

Thanks to the uses of the Gambas ONE forum I now have the answer.

To achieve a "form switch" one must hide/close the first form and show the next:

Public Sub Next_Click()

  FSecond.Show
  Me.Hide

End

Public Sub Return_Click()

  FMain.Show
  Me.Hide

End

Hiding the form will just make it disappear from view, closing it will destroy it (and following calls to Show will create it again).

How to navigate to a new page in Gambas3

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