MDI Child always on top in its container

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Marcolino

Hi,
another question for you.
I looked around but found nothing.
I have a MDI container calld frmMDIMain, that contain some child
form....one of that forms is called frmPostIt and I need that form
stay always on top of all other child contained in MDI.

is possinble to do this?

Many thanks in advance
 
Marcolino <[email protected]>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 27 May 2008 16:03:05 -0700 (PDT) bearing
the following fruit:


Then it arguably should not be an MDI child. Does it need to
be? If so why?
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Hi Jan,
Is a deskto application for end user. In this MDI application there
was a lot of child form for normal operation. But I need to put also
another child form with realtime statistics of the daily work and my
customer want that this child stay always on top inside the MDI
container, not over all windows desktop.
I hope this is more clear.

Thanks
 
Marcolino <[email protected]>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 27 May 2008 16:03:05 -0700 (PDT) bearing
the following fruit:


Then it arguably should not be an MDI child. Does it need to
be? If so why?
Click to expand...

Hi Jan,
Is a deskto application for end user. In this MDI application there
was a lot of child form for normal operation. But I need to put also
another child form with realtime statistics of the daily work and my
customer want that this child stay always on top inside the MDI
container, not over all windows desktop.
I hope this is more clear.

Thanks
 
Marcolino said:
Hi Jan,
Is a deskto application for end user. In this MDI application there
was a lot of child form for normal operation. But I need to put also
another child form with realtime statistics of the daily work and my
customer want that this child stay always on top inside the MDI
container, not over all windows desktop.
I hope this is more clear.
Click to expand...

This behavior is AFAIK not supported. However, you can set the MDI
container as the owner of the statistics Form without the latter being
an MDI child. Doesn't stay inside the MDI container anymore but is
always on top and is also minimized whenever the container is minimized.
Maybe this is an option.


Armin
 
This behavior is AFAIK not supported. However, you can set the MDI
container as the owner of the statistics Form without the latter being
an MDI child. Doesn't stay inside the MDI container anymore but is
always on top and is also minimized whenever the container is minimized.
Maybe this is an option.

Armin
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Hi Armin,
what do tou mean for
"set the MDI
container as the owner of the statistics Form without the latter
being
an MDI child"

how can i implement it?

Thanks
 
Marcolino said:
Hi Armin,
what do tou mean for
"set the MDI
container as the owner of the statistics Form without the latter
being
an MDI child"

how can i implement it?
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Inside the MDI container:

Dim f As New StatisticForm
f.Show(Me)


In addition, but not required, you may set StatisticForm's
Formboderstyle to FixedToolwindow or SizableToolwindow.


Armin
 
Inside the MDI container:

      Dim f As New StatisticForm
      f.Show(Me)

In addition, but not required, you may set StatisticForm's
Formboderstyle to FixedToolwindow or SizableToolwindow.

Armin
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Hi Armin,
this is exacly what i need.

Thanks
 
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