Re: Form top bar lock up

For reasons unknown, the problem seems to have corrected itself. I can now
move the form around no problem. Wish I knew why it was doing what it did
when it wouldn't allow this...

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"Peteroid" <peter_oliphant@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm programming an application using VS C++.NET 2005 Express in clr/pure
> syntax. It is a Console application (which might be important here).
>
> Everything works. I have buttons I can press and do their assigned
> function and a TreeView I can navigate. I can minimize th form, bring the
> console to the front, click on any part of the form body, and exit using
> the top right 'X'.
>
> BUT, if I click on the form top bar, the form locks up, giving complete
> control to the Console! I can now move the Console around as before, but
> the form buttons and treeview don't react (or at least the form isn't
> painting to show it). If I close the Console it closes the application. If
> I minimize the Console I can't maximize it again via the tray version of
> the application.
>
> I've tried both form.ShowDialog() and Show(%form) methods of launching
> form. Same thing happens. Not sure how long this has been going on,
> haven't really tried to move the form till now! There may be some 'can't
> move the form' flag I'm not aware of, but even if so, such a flag
> shouldn't cause the form to lock up if its tried. This happen both in the
> IDE and as stand-alone executions, and both debug and release.
>
> Thanks in advance for responses!
>
> [==P==]
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