Tabbed MDI App

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Merlin

Hi,

Does anyone have any examples or controls for a Tabbed MDI Application
Interface whereby the child windows can never be minimized or maximized.

The problem I'm having is I have tried third party controls that perform
this task but they insist on showing tabs to switch between child forms. I
want to switch through code and don't want tabs showing because I don't have
enough screen real estate for them to fit. If I simply work with maximized
forms I get an anoying situation where the form border appears for a second
before it fills the client space.

Please, please can someone help!

Thanks,
Merlin
 
Merlin said:
Hi,

Does anyone have any examples or controls for a Tabbed MDI Application
Interface whereby the child windows can never be minimized or maximized.
Click to expand...

Then what is the point of an MDI app? Just build a regular window with a
tabstrip.
 
* "Merlin said:
Does anyone have any examples or controls for a Tabbed MDI Application
Interface whereby the child windows can never be minimized or maximized.

The problem I'm having is I have tried third party controls that perform
this task but they insist on showing tabs to switch between child forms. I
want to switch through code and don't want tabs showing because I don't have
enough screen real estate for them to fit. If I simply work with maximized
forms I get an anoying situation where the form border appears for a second
before it fills the client space.
Click to expand...

Which components did you test?
 
I use mdi forms with a main form which has a toolbar to pick the forms.

Don't know if this will give you the functionality you are after or not.

Regards
Simon
 
Hi Hertfried,

I've used Infragistics UltraTabbedMdiManager.

If I use a control like this, my child windows are handled fine except I
don't want tab strip tabs showing - the reason is I have a status bar that
shows which child windows are loaded and this works fine and looks much
better than a tab strip.

If I don't use the MdiManager control and simply load maximized child forms,
I see the child form frame for a second before the screen updates, and I
also see the form header for a fraction of a secon when switching forms -
this does not look very good or professional. (I'm using Windows XP so this
may make a difference).

Regards,
Merlin
 
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