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Locking a form

How can you lock a form so a user cannot resize the form?
Hint: the "Locked" property does not work
Nov 15 '05 #1
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john sutor <john_sutor@NOSPAM> wrote:
How can you lock a form so a user cannot resize the form?
Hint: the "Locked" property does not work


If you look at the Form.SizeGripStyle example, it gives a good idea of
how it can be done.

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Nov 15 '05 #2
John,

Have you tried setting the MaximumSize and MinimumSize properties to the
same value?

Hope this helps.
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How can you lock a form so a user cannot resize the form?
Hint: the "Locked" property does not work

Nov 15 '05 #3
Try setting the FormBorderStyle property to FixedDialog

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