| re: Embedding form in a panel to allow form in non-child window area
The code I gave run, though...
I'll still give a try of the way you suggested.
But, isn't there better way than to embed in panel?
thanks!
-Yasutaka
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "Yasutaka Ito" <nobody@nonexistent.com> scripsit:[color=green]
> > I have an MDI application, in which I want to embed one form
> > (System.Windows.Forms.Form) into a specified area of my MDI application.
> > This is, wihtout affecting the capability of other child forms opening.
> >
> > Currently, I'm achieving this by...
> > 1) place a panel on an mdi container form, setting its Dock to Top
> > 2) have following code to embed a form into this panel (crazy, ha?)
> >
> > // FormToEmbed is of type System.Windows.Forms.Form
> > FormToEmbed form = new FormToEmbed;
> > form.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
> > form.MaximizeBox = false;
> > form.MinimizeBox = false;
> > form.ControlBox = false;
> > form.MdiParent = this;
> > form.Parent = this.panel1
> > form.Show();
> >
> > I have a strong feeling that this is too crude... is there any better[/color][/color]
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> > that you suggest?[/color]
>
> You cannot embed an MDI child in a panel on the MDI parent. You can set
> the form's 'TopLevel' property to false and then add it to the panel's
> 'Controls' collection.
>
> --
> Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
> <http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>[/color]
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