Re: Non-full screen and fullscreen dialogs
From: silenius (guillaume.defretiere_REMOVE_TOTO_at_irec.fr)
Date: 04/13/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:02:04 +0200
strange, showdialog work perfectly fine for me, both on win ce and pocket
pc.
"Juan Pedro Gonzalez" <the_duke@terra.es> a écrit dans le message de
news:eQoyhwLIEHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to do a walk around for dialogs.
>
> I'm using VB .NET 2003. I found out that the ShowDialog wasn't working
when
> I called it. It seems the dialog would stay on the background. My small
> workarround for full screen dialogs is as follows:
>
> *FULLSCREEN DIALOGS*
>
> I decleare a Private variable for the form class:
>
> Private mvar_ParentForm as Form
>
> Then I create a new function that overrides the ShowDialog in the form I
> wish to visualize as a dialog as follows:
>
> Public Shadows Function ShowDialog(ByRef ParentForm as Form) As
> Windows.Forms.DialogResult
> Me.mvar_ParentForm = ParentForm
> Me.BringToFront()
> Return MyBase.ShowDialog()
> End Function
>
> The last step is another walkarround so the main application form gets
shown
> if I close the dialog (The dialog form is called FrmDialog):
>
> Private Sub FrmDialog_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
> Me.SendToBack()
> Me.mvar_ParentForm.BringToFront()
> End Sub
>
> This works right for Full screen dialogs, although I don't really like
what
> I see on the "Running Aplications" window... It shows two applications:
One
> of them is my real aplication an the other is the dialog form. If I
activate
> the real aplication I get a blocked form. The last work arround was done
due
> to this effect: when I activated the Dialog form and I pressed OK the
> application form wouldn't show up. Is there a way to get rid of this
effect?
> I mean merging both "applications" into one application?
>
> Note: asigning the parent form won't work as I get a blocked dialog window
> with an innactive bar.
>
>
> *NON-FULL SCREEN DIALOGS*
>
> It seems this is a really common question... Here's my work around for
this
> kinds of dialogs...
>
> The work arround I did here is as follows (Again everything is done in the
> form that will act as a dialog):
>
> I changed the Form's New (Comments are in spanish as it's my natural
> language):
>
> Public Sub New(Optional ByVal ParentForm As Form = Nothing)
> MyBase.New()
>
> Me.Parent = ParentForm
>
> 'El Diseñador de Windows Forms requiere esta llamada.
> InitializeComponent()
>
> 'Agregar cualquier inicialización después de la llamada a
> InitializeComponent()
> End Sub
>
> It seems important to asign the parent before initializing the components.
> The next step would be overriding the ShowDialog:
>
> Next step: Override the de ShowDialog as follows:
>
> Public Shadows Function ShowDialog() As Windows.Forms.DialogResult
> Me.Parent = Nothing
> Me.BringToFront()
> Return MyBase.ShowDialog()
> End Function
>
> You'll notice I assigned a parent for this form and now I'm setting it to
> nothing... Well, there's an explanation to it: If I dont set the parent
form
> on New then I don't get a Non-full screen dialog, but if I don't reset
this
> value to nothing the I'll get a blocked form wich I won't be able to move
or
> click on any item of it. By setting it to nothing this problem dissapears
> and I'll be able to use the form.
>
> This walkarround will give a working non-full screen dialog but there's
> still some points wich I'd like to get fixed and maybe someone can help
with
> it.
>
> The first problem is that the title bar will be shown in a grey color
> (inactive) although you can move it and interact with the controls on it.
> Any ideas on how to get this fixed?
>
> The second problem, wich is giving me a headache is the ok button. If the
> form has the MinimizeButton set to true the "OK" button shows up correctly
> but it won't interact with the user... if the minimizebutton is set to
false
> the ok button will appear displaced and won't let you interact, although
> it's displaced because a hiden minimize button is there (and it will let
you
> minimize the dialog although it won't return a value)... If the controlbox
> is set to false the ok button won't appear, but the "hidden" minimize
button
> will still be there.
>
> If there's a way to get the "Ok" button image intro the "hidden minimize"
> button, this walkarround could be tweaked to get a fully working non-full
> screen dialog. Any one has any idea on how to do this? Another good way to
> get it working would be trying to do some subclassing or something to get
> the ok button to work with the minimizebox to true. Again asking for help
> with this issue.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Juan
>
>
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