Re: MDI Child Forms -- Diffrent Behavior in new Framework

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From: "Amnon" <amnon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 08:17:05 +0200

Justin, I had the same problem.

A solution that I found is pasted below

     Dim frmBrowse As New Form1
     Dim MDIClient As System.Windows.Forms.Control

     MDIClient = ReturnMDIClient(frmMain)
     frmBrowse.MdiParent = frmMain
     frmBrowse.Left = 0             'MDIClient.Left
     frmBrowse.Top = 0             'MDIClient.Top
     frmBrowse.Width = MDIClient.ClientRectangle.Width
     frmBrowse.Height = MDIClient.ClientRectangle.Height


        Public Function ReturnMDIClient(ByVal frm As 
System.Windows.Forms.Form) As Windows.Forms.Control

        Dim c As Control

        ReturnMDIClient = frm.Controls(0)

        For Each c In frm.Controls
            If TypeOf c Is MdiClient Then
                ReturnMDIClient = c
            End If
        Next c

        End Function

In VB6 it was so much easier but there were drawbacks. You had to define a 
form as an MDIChild at design time and only one MDI per application. (Not 
that I found a need for anymore.)

I would suggest that more code has to be written in vb.net 2005 for this 
simple resizing than in old and no longer seriously supported VB6.

Let's hope that this is an exception.

Garry

PS - DockStyle shud be set to Manual for the frmBrowse. (I think)


"Justin Lazanowski" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:eJ4w0MoJGHA.2828@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> I have an exsiting MDI application. I have the when the child is called 
> from the Parent, I set it's DockStyle to fill, I also have the child form 
> set to maximized
>
> In VS 2003 and 1.1 this works the way I want it to, the child form is 
> maximized whithin the parent so that a title bar is not displayed nor is a 
> window border, it looks like it's a panel in the parent form.
>
> In VS 2005 and 2.0 it will not draw this way, no matter what I set the 
> window size property to, the child still draws as a window within the 
> parent leaving a thin border where it's docked in the parent.
>
> Any idea what I need to do to make it function like the 1.1 version?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
> 


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