Maximum possible form height is 780 pixels?

[liups]

Hi,
I just come across this, how can I make a form's height larger than
780 pixels?
Thank you.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* liups <Ge*****@Spamme rs.com> scripsit:

I just come across this, how can I make a form's height larger than
780 pixels?

A form cannot be larger than the screen.

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

[liups]

Thank you Herfried, but if it is a MDI child form, a user can scroll
it down to see the rest, or if you have a monitor which can do more
than 1024*768, it still makes sense to make a form that large.
I did a form which is 908 pixels in height in VB6, now I'm porting ..
actually re-writing the application in VB.NET, would someone confirm
that if this is a limitation of VB.NET? Is there a work around?
Thank you.

On 01 Feb 2004 16:21:18 +0100, hi************* **@gmx.at (Herfried K.
Wagner [MVP]) wrote:

* liups <Ge*****@Spamme rs.com> scripsit:

I just come across this, how can I make a form's height larger than
780 pixels?

A form cannot be larger than the screen.

[Brian Henry]

a general design guideline for windows is not to make a form bigger then the
screen, even in MDI. You may want to rework the layout of your form or
implement some tab pages in it.
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Thank you Herfried, but if it is a MDI child form, a user can scroll
it down to see the rest, or if you have a monitor which can do more
than 1024*768, it still makes sense to make a form that large.
I did a form which is 908 pixels in height in VB6, now I'm porting ..
actually re-writing the application in VB.NET, would someone confirm
that if this is a limitation of VB.NET? Is there a work around?
Thank you.

On 01 Feb 2004 16:21:18 +0100, hi************* **@gmx.at (Herfried K.
Wagner [MVP]) wrote:

* liups <Ge*****@Spamme rs.com> scripsit:

I just come across this, how can I make a form's height larger than
780 pixels?

A form cannot be larger than the screen.

[liups]

But think of MS Word, its page view, the 'client area', the area a
user can work on, is larger in height than most screens, forget the
guidelines, now I need a form that large.

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:52:06 -0500, "Brian Henry"
<brianiup[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote:

a general design guideline for windows is not to make a form bigger then the
screen, even in MDI. You may want to rework the layout of your form or
implement some tab pages in it.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* liups <Ge*****@Spamme rs.com> scripsit:

Thank you Herfried, but if it is a MDI child form, a user can scroll
it down to see the rest, or if you have a monitor which can do more
than 1024*768, it still makes sense to make a form that large.
I did a form which is 908 pixels in height in VB6, now I'm porting ..
actually re-writing the application in VB.NET, would someone confirm
that if this is a limitation of VB.NET? Is there a work around?

Is your form a MDI child form and doesn't it change its size even if the size
is set at runtime?

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

[liups]

Yes, Herfried, it is a MDI child form and it doesn't go any larger
than 780 even I set the size at runtime.

On 01 Feb 2004 18:09:22 +0100, hi************* **@gmx.at (Herfried K.
Wagner [MVP]) wrote:

* liups <Ge*****@Spamme rs.com> scripsit:

Thank you Herfried, but if it is a MDI child form, a user can scroll
it down to see the rest, or if you have a monitor which can do more
than 1024*768, it still makes sense to make a form that large.
I did a form which is 908 pixels in height in VB6, now I'm porting ..
actually re-writing the application in VB.NET, would someone confirm
that if this is a limitation of VB.NET? Is there a work around?

Is your form a MDI child form and doesn't it change its size even if the size
is set at runtime?

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* liups <Ge*****@Spamme rs.com> scripsit:

Yes, Herfried, it is a MDI child form and it doesn't go any larger
than 780 even I set the size at runtime.

I have just tested it with VB6: Even there it's not possible to make an
MDI child form larger (in height) than the screen's height. That's a
limitation by the OS.

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

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* liups <Ge*****@Spamme rs.com> scripsit:

But think of MS Word, its page view, the 'client area', the area a
user can work on, is larger in height than most screens, forget the
guidelines, now I need a form that large.

That's not an MDI environment and the window isn't really larger. There
are only a couple of scrollbars (or a scrollable panel) on the form (if
we would re-implement it in .NET) and the document is drawn according to
the current state of the scrollbars.

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

[liups]

Strange, look at the VB6 code I from the frm file:

VERSION 5.00
Begin VB.Form frmMzBd
Appearance = 0 'Flat
AutoRedraw = -1 'True
BackColor = &H80000009&
BorderStyle = 1 'Fixed Single
Caption = "ÃÅÕï/±ù¶³"
ClientHeight = 13620
ClientLeft = 300
ClientTop = 1185
ClientWidth = 10095

those numbers are in twips, divide them by 15 you get the pixels, it's
a 673*908 form, I made it in 1999, it's true, and I've been using that
application since then, I certainly can notice the difference when my
new form is 128 pixels short.

On 01 Feb 2004 18:42:37 +0100, hi************* **@gmx.at (Herfried K.
Wagner [MVP]) wrote:

* liups <Ge*****@Spamme rs.com> scripsit:

Yes, Herfried, it is a MDI child form and it doesn't go any larger
than 780 even I set the size at runtime.

I have just tested it with VB6: Even there it's not possible to make an
MDI child form larger (in height) than the screen's height. That's a
limitation by the OS.