Form Minimize

[Brian Patterson]

I have an application with a main form (FormA). This form is borderless
because we have a lot of skin action going on. The form creates and
displays a second form (FormB) via formB.Show(). When we minimize FormA it
also minimizes FormB. Is there any way to prevent this? I have played
around with CreateParams with no luck.

TIA!
Brian

 

[Marc Gravell]

This is the default behaviour when ownership is specified (as illustrated by
example below); so - do you really need the ownership, or can it be managed
else-wise?

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Form x = new Form();
x.Text = "Parent x";
Form y = new Form();
y.Text = "Child y";
y.Owner = x;
x.Show();
y.Show();
Form a = new Form();
a.Text = "Unrelated a";
Form b = new Form();
b.Text = "Unrelated b";
a.Show();
b.Show();
Form app = new Form();
app.Text = "Kill app";
Application.Run(app);
}

 

[Brian Patterson]

That is exactly my problem. I am not setting any owner information. If I
set a breakpoint in the constructor of my FormB - and view the Owner and
Parent properties - they are both null.

Ideas?

Brian Patterson

This is the default behaviour when ownership is specified (as illustrated
by example below); so - do you really need the ownership, or can it be
managed else-wise?

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Form x = new Form();
x.Text = "Parent x";
Form y = new Form();
y.Text = "Child y";
y.Owner = x;
x.Show();
y.Show();
Form a = new Form();
a.Text = "Unrelated a";
Form b = new Form();
b.Text = "Unrelated b";
a.Show();
b.Show();
Form app = new Form();
app.Text = "Kill app";
Application.Run(app);
}

I have an application with a main form (FormA). This form is borderless
because we have a lot of skin action going on. The form creates and
displays a second form (FormB) via formB.Show(). When we minimize FormA
it also minimizes FormB. Is there any way to prevent this? I have played
around with CreateParams with no luck.

TIA!
Brian

 

[Marc Gravell]

To be honest, there's not a lot to go on without some kind of illustrative
code here: for instance, what is the respecitve modality of the forms? Are
you using .Show, .ShowDialog, or Application.Run, etc? How the forms are
being created? disposed?

Marc

That is exactly my problem. I am not setting any owner information. If I
set a breakpoint in the constructor of my FormB - and view the Owner and
Parent properties - they are both null.

Ideas?

Brian Patterson

This is the default behaviour when ownership is specified (as illustrated
by example below); so - do you really need the ownership, or can it be
managed else-wise?

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Form x = new Form();
x.Text = "Parent x";
Form y = new Form();
y.Text = "Child y";
y.Owner = x;
x.Show();
y.Show();
Form a = new Form();
a.Text = "Unrelated a";
Form b = new Form();
b.Text = "Unrelated b";
a.Show();
b.Show();
Form app = new Form();
app.Text = "Kill app";
Application.Run(app);
}

I have an application with a main form (FormA). This form is borderless
because we have a lot of skin action going on. The form creates and
displays a second form (FormB) via formB.Show(). When we minimize FormA
it also minimizes FormB. Is there any way to prevent this? I have
played around with CreateParams with no luck.

TIA!
Brian