Form Minimize

[Brian Patterson]

I have an application with a main form (FormA). This form is borderless
because we have a lot of skin action going on. The form creates and
displays a second form (FormB) via formB.Show(). When we minimize FormA it
also minimizes FormB. Is there any way to prevent this? I have played
around with CreateParams with no luck.

TIA!
Brian

[Marc Gravell]

This is the default behaviour when ownership is specified (as illustrated by
example below); so - do you really need the ownership, or can it be managed
else-wise?

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Form x = new Form();
x.Text = "Parent x";
Form y = new Form();
y.Text = "Child y";
y.Owner = x;
x.Show();
y.Show();
Form a = new Form();
a.Text = "Unrelated a";
Form b = new Form();
b.Text = "Unrelated b";
a.Show();
b.Show();
Form app = new Form();
app.Text = "Kill app";
Application.Run (app);
}

"Brian Patterson" <br***@redeyepo s.com> wrote in message
news:eI******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I have an application with a main form (FormA). This form is borderless
because we have a lot of skin action going on. The form creates and
displays a second form (FormB) via formB.Show(). When we minimize FormA it
also minimizes FormB. Is there any way to prevent this? I have played
around with CreateParams with no luck.

TIA!
Brian

[Brian Patterson]

That is exactly my problem. I am not setting any owner information. If I
set a breakpoint in the constructor of my FormB - and view the Owner and
Parent properties - they are both null.

Ideas?

Brian Patterson
"Marc Gravell" <ma**@nonesuch. com> wrote in message
news:Os******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

This is the default behaviour when ownership is specified (as illustrated
by example below); so - do you really need the ownership, or can it be
managed else-wise?

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Form x = new Form();
x.Text = "Parent x";
Form y = new Form();
y.Text = "Child y";
y.Owner = x;
x.Show();
y.Show();
Form a = new Form();
a.Text = "Unrelated a";
Form b = new Form();
b.Text = "Unrelated b";
a.Show();
b.Show();
Form app = new Form();
app.Text = "Kill app";
Application.Run (app);
}

"Brian Patterson" <br***@redeyepo s.com> wrote in message
news:eI******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I have an application with a main form (FormA). This form is borderless
because we have a lot of skin action going on. The form creates and
displays a second form (FormB) via formB.Show(). When we minimize FormA
it also minimizes FormB. Is there any way to prevent this? I have played
around with CreateParams with no luck.

TIA!
Brian

[Marc Gravell]

To be honest, there's not a lot to go on without some kind of illustrative
code here: for instance, what is the respecitve modality of the forms? Are
you using .Show, .ShowDialog, or Application.Run , etc? How the forms are
being created? disposed?

Marc
"Brian Patterson" <br***@redeyepo s.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..

That is exactly my problem. I am not setting any owner information. If I
set a breakpoint in the constructor of my FormB - and view the Owner and
Parent properties - they are both null.

Ideas?

Brian Patterson
"Marc Gravell" <ma**@nonesuch. com> wrote in message
news:Os******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

This is the default behaviour when ownership is specified (as illustrated
by example below); so - do you really need the ownership, or can it be
managed else-wise?

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Form x = new Form();
x.Text = "Parent x";
Form y = new Form();
y.Text = "Child y";
y.Owner = x;
x.Show();
y.Show();
Form a = new Form();
a.Text = "Unrelated a";
Form b = new Form();
b.Text = "Unrelated b";
a.Show();
b.Show();
Form app = new Form();
app.Text = "Kill app";
Application.Run (app);
}

"Brian Patterson" <br***@redeyepo s.com> wrote in message
news:eI******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I have an application with a main form (FormA). This form is borderless
because we have a lot of skin action going on. The form creates and
displays a second form (FormB) via formB.Show(). When we minimize FormA
it also minimizes FormB. Is there any way to prevent this? I have
played around with CreateParams with no luck.

TIA!
Brian