Gets or sets the form that owns this form.
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _ Public Property Owner As Form
[BrowsableAttribute(false)] public Form Owner { get; set; }
[BrowsableAttribute(false)] public: property Form^ Owner { Form^ get (); void set (Form^ value); }
[<BrowsableAttribute(false)>] member Owner : Form with get, set
A top-level window cannot have an owner.
To make a form owned by another form, assign its Owner property a reference to the form that will be the owner.
When a form is owned by another form, it is closed or hidden with the owner form. For example, consider a form named Form2 that is owned by a form named Form1. If Form1 is closed or minimized, Form2 is also closed or hidden. Owned forms are also never displayed behind their owner form. You can use owned forms for windows such as find and replace windows, which should not disappear when the owner form is selected. To determine the forms that are owned by a parent form, use the OwnedForms property.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2