Form Restore

[Andy Collyer]

Hi again,

How do I *restore* my form to it's original state? After the user has minimized it, I want to be able to programatically restore it to what it was before it was minimized.

The closest I've got is "WindowState = vbNormal" but if the form was maximized before it was minimized, this doesn't actually re-maximize it.

I'm sure this is easy enough - any clues anyone?

Thanks for your help,

AndyC



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[Serge]

You can create a variable that would hold the state of the window and then resize to that last state.


Private m_lngState As Long

Private Sub Form_Resize()
If Not Me.WindowState = vbMinimized Then
m_lngState = Me.WindowState
End If
End Sub




Then whenever you want to restore that form you would put:

Form1.WindowState = m_lngState

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[This message has been edited by Serge (edited 11-19-1999).]

[Joacim Andersson]

Sure! Declare a module level variable and set it's value in the Form_Resize event:

Private iOldWindowState As Integer

Private Sub Form_Resize()
If Me.WindowState <> vbMinimized Then
iOldWindowState = Me.WindowState
End If
End Sub

Now when you want to restore the window just set the Form's WindowState property to iOldWindowState

Good luck!

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[Andy Collyer]

Oh how easy!

Thanks folks.

AndyC



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