Window Position (RESOLVED)

[GSIV]

Anyone know how to save and restore window positions in .NET?

[Edneeis]

Just store and restore the Location property of the form. Here is an example although there are plenty of different ways of storing the info. I would probably store the location in the app.config file if I was going to actually do this, but serialization was an easier example.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        If IO.File.Exists("form.config") Then
            Dim xs As New Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(GetType(Point))
            Dim fs As New IO.FileStream("form.config", IO.FileMode.OpenOrCreate)
            Dim pt As Point = xs.Deserialize(fs)
            fs.Close()
            Me.Location = pt
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
        Dim xs As New Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(GetType(Point))
        Dim fs As New IO.FileStream("form.config", IO.FileMode.OpenOrCreate)
        xs.Serialize(fs, Me.Location)
        fs.Close()
    End Sub

[GSIV]

Thanks again... you keep kick starting me (haha). This is the concept that I was looking for. I had been storing the info in the registry using VB6, but I'm having trouble converting my code. Then I found this:

Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()

'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

'Set window state and position
WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen


And this sets a starting position, but not based on the last used. Now I can get it a little closer.

Thanks.