MDI question with little answers

[Scatropolis]

Hi I don't even know if this is possible, but I'm trying to open external
programs as children in my MDI form. The basic purpose is so I could open
notepad, calculator, and other apps in one program that I could minimize and
would manage all the programs as children.

Is this possible in windows? if so how?

thanks

[Frans Bouma [C# MVP]]

Scatropolis wrote:

Hi I don't even know if this is possible, but I'm trying to open external
programs as children in my MDI form. The basic purpose is so I could open
notepad, calculator, and other apps in one program that I could minimize and
would manage all the programs as children.

Is this possible in windows? if so how?

THe application has to contain code to support this so it will set itself as
child window of your MDI window. Most apps don't do this.

Frans.

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[Scatropolis]

I was thinking that...Oh well

Thanks

On 28/04/2004 "Frans Bouma [C# MVP]" <pe******************@xs4all.nl> wrote:

Scatropolis wrote:

Hi I don't even know if this is possible, but I'm trying to open external
programs as children in my MDI form. The basic purpose is so I could open
notepad, calculator, and other apps in one program that I could minimize and
would manage all the programs as children.

Is this possible in windows? if so how?

THe application has to contain code to support this so it will set itself as
child window of your MDI window. Most apps don't do this.

Frans.

[Priya]

I have a C# application .I want to run this C# application as child form in the MDI VB.NET application
when I use the code system.diagnostics.process.start("C#Exename.exe")
C# application is running outside the MDI application,Is it possible to run this application with in MDI form of VB .NEt application
As per Mr.Frans saying was in his earlier posting that the main application needs to have some coding inself to run as
child form,can you please let know how this can be done
Thank
Priya