Sub-forms

[Joris Dobbelsteen]

Hi,

What is the best way to show a 'form' inside another form.
Or could I better use a user-control?

I currently don't want MDI, rather a wizard-style interface...

- Joris

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Joris,

You shouldn't use a form inside another form. This use of the forms
isn't really supported (in windows anywhere, for that matter).

You should use a user-control and place that where you want in your
form.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Joris Dobbelsteen" <RE********************@jAoris2k.aTth.cXx> wrote in
message news:41***********************@news.wanadoo.nl...

Hi,

What is the best way to show a 'form' inside another form.
Or could I better use a user-control?

I currently don't want MDI, rather a wizard-style interface...

- Joris

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

You cannot have a form inside another form AFAIK in that way, so you will
have to use a UserControl.

Now I remember that sometime ago somebody posted an announcement of Wizard
generator, or Wizard framework.
I dont have the link though :(

so you better check this NG in google or maybe somebody will post the link
here :)

Cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Joris Dobbelsteen" <RE********************@jAoris2k.aTth.cXx> wrote in
message news:41***********************@news.wanadoo.nl...

Hi,

What is the best way to show a 'form' inside another form.
Or could I better use a user-control?

I currently don't want MDI, rather a wizard-style interface...

- Joris

[Joris Dobbelsteen]

My expectation,

Thanks...

- Joris

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
message news:ep**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Joris,

You shouldn't use a form inside another form. This use of the forms
isn't really supported (in windows anywhere, for that matter).

You should use a user-control and place that where you want in your
form.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Joris Dobbelsteen" <RE********************@jAoris2k.aTth.cXx> wrote in
message news:41***********************@news.wanadoo.nl...

Hi,

What is the best way to show a 'form' inside another form.
Or could I better use a user-control?

I currently don't want MDI, rather a wizard-style interface...

- Joris

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Joris Dobbelsteen" <RE********************@jAoris2k.aTth.cXx> scripsit:

What is the best way to show a 'form' inside another form.
Or could I better use a user-control?

If you don't need a special border around the form and the form doesn't
need to be moveable, usercontrols are a good approach.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\) [C# MVP]]

User control's can have borders, caption's, etc as well. When set Form's
TopLevel property to false actully what is done is to use WS_CHILD style for
the form. In other words it becomes control rather than form. So by
overriding CreateParams property and add all the WS_* styles for captions,
borders and so on any controls can behave in the same way as
form-inside-another-form does.

--

Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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* "Joris Dobbelsteen" <RE********************@jAoris2k.aTth.cXx> scripsit:

What is the best way to show a 'form' inside another form.
Or could I better use a user-control?

If you don't need a special border around the form and the form doesn't
need to be moveable, usercontrols are a good approach.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\) [C# MVP]" <10*@100.com> scripsit:

User control's can have borders, caption's, etc as well. When set Form's
TopLevel property to false actully what is done is to use WS_CHILD style for
the form. In other words it becomes control rather than form. So by
overriding CreateParams property and add all the WS_* styles for captions,
borders and so on any controls can behave in the same way as
form-inside-another-form does.

OK, that would work.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>