Position MDI child at lower right corner of MDI parent

[Tom]

I have a small window that I want positioned at the lower right of an open
MDI window. I know how to size it and place it (via .Left and .Top during
the form load event) but what I can't figure out is how to find the MDI's
inner window height/width. In VB6 we used ScaleHeight and ScaleWidth, but
there doesn't seem to be anything like this available for VB.NET.

Can anyone show me the code to place a child window in the lower right
corner of an open MDI parent? Thanks in advance.

Tom

[Charles Law]

Hi Tom

You can use the following to get the internal dimensions of a form

MyForm.ClientSize

HTH

Charles
"Tom" <to*@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I have a small window that I want positioned at the lower right of an open
MDI window. I know how to size it and place it (via .Left and .Top during
the form load event) but what I can't figure out is how to find the MDI's
inner window height/width. In VB6 we used ScaleHeight and ScaleWidth, but
there doesn't seem to be anything like this available for VB.NET.

Can anyone show me the code to place a child window in the lower right
corner of an open MDI parent? Thanks in advance.

Tom

[Steve S]

Sorry to hijack the thread but I was just about to post on the same subject regading the inner dimensions of the mdi. However, does this take into account any toolbars on the mdi? I basically need a form to fill the whole mdi area but without being maximised, the child form would also have to have a borderstyle to allow it to be minimised

Any suggestions on setting the child form size

Thank
Steve

[Charles Law]

The documentation isn't clear, so I suggest you experiment a bit. The
ClientSize does exclude the title bar, but may include any toolbars.

HTH

Charles
"Steve S" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Sorry to hijack the thread but I was just about to post on the same subject regading the inner dimensions of the mdi. However, does this take
into account any toolbars on the mdi? I basically need a form to fill the
whole mdi area but without being maximised, the child form would also have
to have a borderstyle to allow it to be minimised.
Any suggestions on setting the child form size?

Thanks
Steve