In my WinForms application, I have a main form, which may or may not be
visible depending on the user's wishes. This main form initiates a separate
thread that starts a data transfer process.
In this thread I want to show a special dialog box. Because the question
must be answered, I'm using ShowDialog to display it. Just before doing so,
I have some simple code to:
- Center it in the main form, if that form is visible
- Center it in the screen otherwise
Yet to my amazement, this centering code (ie. Left & Top) has absolutely no
effect. Why not?
I even hardcoded in a new location but it had no effect either. Here's the
code in question:
frmInstallPromp t frmInstall = new frmInstallPromp t();
frmInstall.Disp layMobileDevice Info();
//frmInstall.Cent erForm(parentFo rm, parentForm.Wind owState);
frmInstall.Loca tion = new System.Drawing. Point(1000, 1000);
DialogResult retval = frmInstall.Show Dialog();
--
Robert W.
Vancouver, BC www.mwtech.com 2  6159 
Have you tried:
frmInstall.Star tPosition = FormStartPositi on.CenterParent ;
frmInstall.Show Dialog();
Regards - Octavio
"Robert W." <Ro*****@discus sions.microsoft .com> escribió en el mensaje
news:71******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... In my WinForms application, I have a main form, which may or may not be
visible depending on the user's wishes. This main form initiates a
separate
thread that starts a data transfer process.
In this thread I want to show a special dialog box. Because the question
must be answered, I'm using ShowDialog to display it. Just before doing
so,
I have some simple code to:
- Center it in the main form, if that form is visible
- Center it in the screen otherwise
Yet to my amazement, this centering code (ie. Left & Top) has absolutely
no
effect. Why not?
I even hardcoded in a new location but it had no effect either. Here's
the
code in question:
frmInstallPromp t frmInstall = new frmInstallPromp t();
frmInstall.Disp layMobileDevice Info();
//frmInstall.Cent erForm(parentFo rm, parentForm.Wind owState);
frmInstall.Loca tion = new System.Drawing. Point(1000, 1000);
DialogResult retval = frmInstall.Show Dialog();
--
Robert W.
Vancouver, BC
www.mwtech.com
Octavio,
Can I say Muchas Gracias?!
Coming from the VB6 world, I wasn't aware of the "FormStartPosit ion" property.
In point of fact, the "CenterPare nt" enum doesn't work because the parent
form is a notification window, not the main form I was referring to. But I
discovered another enum called "Manual". When set to this, it then does take
its location information from the Left & Top properties.
Thank you so much for clueing me in!
--
Robert W.
Vancouver, BC www.mwtech.com
"Octavio Hernandez" wrote: Have you tried:
frmInstall.Star tPosition = FormStartPositi on.CenterParent ;
frmInstall.Show Dialog();
Regards - Octavio
"Robert W." <Ro*****@discus sions.microsoft .com> escribió en el mensaje
news:71******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... In my WinForms application, I have a main form, which may or may not be
visible depending on the user's wishes. This main form initiates a
separate
thread that starts a data transfer process.
In this thread I want to show a special dialog box. Because the question
must be answered, I'm using ShowDialog to display it. Just before doing
so,
I have some simple code to:
- Center it in the main form, if that form is visible
- Center it in the screen otherwise
Yet to my amazement, this centering code (ie. Left & Top) has absolutely
no
effect. Why not?
I even hardcoded in a new location but it had no effect either. Here's
the
code in question:
frmInstallPromp t frmInstall = new frmInstallPromp t();
frmInstall.Disp layMobileDevice Info();
//frmInstall.Cent erForm(parentFo rm, parentForm.Wind owState);
frmInstall.Loca tion = new System.Drawing. Point(1000, 1000);
DialogResult retval = frmInstall.Show Dialog();
--
Robert W.
Vancouver, BC
www.mwtech.com
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