I have created MDIForm that contains some child forms. Now i want to load some default content in MDIForm because without any content it is not looks good while opening MDIForm just like
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When i tried to make some contents in MDIForm then the child form are behind the controls like
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I tried load a child form in MDIParent form but it occurs some issues like i set form border style none, but it display minimize, maximize and close buttons. It affects on my designing & controls position too, but i can manage it using dock/anchor but the problem is form border style(as you can see in image2).
So please someone tell me that what is the right way to do this?
I hope you understand what i want to say. If you have doubt then you can ask me about that.
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I'm trying to implement some complement views inside my application and I would like to have a better layout control over them. I don't know how to explain in words what my desired functionality is, so I made it through with some photoshop help, hoping you could give me a hand to implement it.
My application now looks like this:
(i need reputation to post images so.. sorry for the links)
http://i59.tinypic.com/2ikv8m1.jpg
When I minimize the modeless form which is focused in the previous image, I would like to be able to see it (and handle it to maximize or close) inside my main form as I show in the image below (made it in photoshop)
http://i58.tinypic.com/1e28go.jpg
Hope someone can lead my into a solution and thanks for the support.
EDIT: I need to be able to move that form outside my main form, even to a different monitor.
If you don't want to use the MDI approach, then set TopLevel of the modeless Form to false and add it to the main Forms Controls collection before showing it:
Form frm = new Form();
frm.TopLevel = false;
this.Controls.Add(frm);
frm.Show();
*Obviously changing Form to the correct type of your modeless form.
If i understand what you are trying to do, you want to minimize a certain form but still see it within your app (im assuming like Excel or Word)
You can do something similar to what Idle_Mind said, but enclose both in a Form instead of the parent.
Form fParent = new Form();
fParent.Dock = DockMode.Fill;//i think this is the syntax. Use this if you want the form to fill to the screen
Form fChild = new Form();
fChild.TopLevel = false;
fParent.Controls.Add(fChild);
fChild.Show();
Here, it should minimize to the lower left part of the parent form. You can then size the parent to whatever you want it to be.
So here's my Question, I'm new to C#(teaching my self at that) Here's the thing, I'm working on a basic sim game, nothing to complex but I've got the design and basic functions done.
However In order to implement it, I'm currently using multiple Forms(Visual Studio 2013)
I have my "main" form which has the "action" buttons to it
So when i want to go to a user Profile page I have
Btn_profileview Click(object sender, EventArgs e){
Form profile = new Form();
profile.Show();
}
The User would then implement the changes(for instance change name) which is written to a text file, for use in other areas of the program.
However It opens a new windows, I've tried modal and nonmodal windows and while the benefit of Modal so they have to actual close the window solves the issue, i'd rather have it just overwrite the preexisting Form, and then on close go back to the "main" screen without actually using multiple windows.
Now I was told UserControl and/or Panel would solve the issue, but it would cause a complete redesign moving from the multiple forms to the multiple panel screens and figuring out how to get those to work(Visible and Invisible), i'm assuming it wouldn't be extremely difficult something along the lines of Panel"name".show(); and panel"name".close();
But would it be possible to actually add a line of code to the pre-existing code(so as not to cause a complete reesign) or are Panels and UserControl the only real way to implement within 1 continuous windows?
paqogomez is right: There are many ways to do it.
Here is one that combines a lot of the pros:
You create an invisible Tab on your window with as many pages as you need. Place a Panel on each tab and create all your controls on of them. This does not mean that you have to do it all over - you can move and drop the controls you already have without much hassle. Of course you need to turn off docking and maybe anchors, but other than that this is a simple process.
If you have controls on the 2nd form with the same name, these names should be changed to something unique though. I hope all Controls have proper names already, but especially Labels get neglected, at least here.. (With a little luck you can even use cut and paste to get Controls from another form to panel2!)
The big pro of this trick is that you can do all work in the designer of the same form. The Tab control serves only as a container where you keep your panels without adding to the UI and without giving the user control of what is shown.
Next you create one Panel variable in your main form:
Panel currentPanel;
On Load you assign the first 'real' Panel to it like this:
currentPanel = panel1;
this.Controls.Add(currentPanel);
Later, each time you want to switch, you re-assign the panels you need like this:
this.Controls.Remove(currentPanel);
currentPanel = panel2; // or whichever panel you want to show..
this.Controls.Add(currentPanel );
If your real panels are docked to fill the tabpage, as they should, the currentPanel will fill the form. You still have access to each panel and to each control by their names at any time but you see no overhead of tabs and your form never changes, except for the full content.
I have a usercontrol that I'm adding as a control of a main form dynamically. The Mainform is basically empty, except it has a large status bar on bottom.
Problem is, when I set the Dockstyle.Fill option on my usercontrol, the size of the loaded usercontrol extends beyond the statusbar (It fills the entire main form as if the status bar wasn't there).
How do I prevent this behavior? This is an example of how I dynamically load my form
logicForm = new LogicForm();
this.Controls.Add(logicForm);
logicForm.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
I think you need to set the DockStyle to None and use the Anchor property instead.
Set the anchor to Top,Bottom,Left,Right and size your control to fill all the space up to the status bar.
You should find when you run that the user control will then resize with the form.
I just found the solution
I need to bring the form to front in order to properly dock it if I already have some other controls on the main form:
logicForm.BringToFront();
Found here: http://dotnetref.blogspot.kr/2008/08/using-dock-fill-on-control-when-you.html
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I am developing an application in C#. I have a Main Form where I have some buttons that give the user the possibility to start a new form into the Main Form.
When there are more of this kind of forms opened and the user choose to minimize one, it goes to back behind all opened forms. So if the user would want to open again that form he must close/minimise all forms.(for beeing able to see the minimized one)
How can I manage the minimised form location so it could be visible after it is minimised? I tried without any result stuff like that: bringToFront, Activate, Focus, etc.
My Main Form contains the buttons and a panel, so the forms are opening in the panel bellow the buttons.
why don't you go for MDI win-form ? I think they fit really well in what you are trying to achieve
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973874.aspx
Finally I did managed myself to solve the problem. It was so simple.
For the forms that opens in the panel child I removed
formName.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
and I set the formName.Height = panelContainer-25; So now the little form minimized is visible.
I know this is late post but might be useful for someone like me.
Try this this was working for me to set minimized window location and size as well
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/d6014e48-2adb-4096-8bea-94c2f3b1c47c/how-to-change-the-location-of-a-minimized-mdichild-form?forum=winforms
Is their something like iframe in c#?
I want to build an application with one form that its content changes according to the actions I do, like messenger live. The part when I log in and log out its too different "windows" but it happens in the same form.
There is no iframe equivalent in winforms or wpf, but there are ways to deal with it.
For either winforms or wpf, what you want to do is have a Panel which you change the content of.
A panel is a container which holds/encapsulates other controls.
If you have two different views you want to toggle between, create two panels at the same position with the content you need. Then you will show one and hide the other. When the user executes some action which requires you to change the view, then simply hide the displaying panel, and unhide/show the other one.
Think of it as layers, where you will only show one at a time.
You can also dynamically load user controls into a panel, much like an iframe, but I find it easier to have the content in the form, and hide/show as needed.
Assuming WinForms, how about using UserControls? Place as many as you want in a single/multiple forms, and interact as you do in forms. See, UserControl class.
You can load a form into a Panel or tabPage from a TabControl:
Form f = new Form();
f.TopLevel = false;
panel1.Controls.Add(f);
f.Show();
f.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;