How do I keep a form in front and centered?

[Wendy Jackson]

I'm new to VB, and I am stumped on this class assignment! Please help me!

I am attempting to add a “Tip of the day” to a small text editor. My problem involves two forms: “frmMDI” and “frmTip.” What I want is for “frmMDI” to load and “frmTip” to THEN load in the FRONT of and in the CENTER of “frmMDI.”

I first placed “frmTip.Show” as the last line in “Private Sub frmMDI_Load().” Both forms loaded, but “frmTip” loaded BEHIND “frmMDI” and could not be seen.

I then changed “frmTip.Show” to “frmTip.Show vbmodal.” “frmTip” then loaded first and “frmMDI” waited until “frmTip” was closed before it finished loading.

I then changed “frmTip.Show vbModal” back to “frmTip.Show” And made “frmTip” a MDI Child. “FrmMDI” now loads first and “frmTip” loads in the center as I want it to, but it quickly “snaps” to the upper left corner of “frmMDI.”

QUESTION: How can I get “frmTip” to load and STAY in the front and center of “frmMDI?”

Please Help!

Wendy

[Yonatan]

You ALMOST got it right when you did this:

frmTip.Show vbModal

The problem is, the form frmMDI isn't shown yet (because the Load event isn't complete).
So you have to show it manually:

Show
frmTip.Show vbModal

Also, on frmTip set the StartUpPosition property to 1 - CenterOwner for it to show up in the middle.

[Wendy Jackson]

Excellent!

Thanks, Yonatan! It works perfect. I guess I learned a lot trying to figure this out for myself, but you sure made it easy and I won't forget how it's done. I owe you one.

Thanks again!

Wendy