MDI question <Resolved>

[RichardAtherton]

In my aplication, I hhave a central from called a Hub, just a name.

At the moment it uses showdialog to call other forms.

On this main form I have several buttons for quick and easy non-menu access.

I have been thinking of converting this to an MDI style applicaton but have hit a problem.

When I change the main for to an MDI container and create instances of the forms as chidl forms the buttons on the main form, overlay the child form.

Firstly, is there a a way of preventing this?

A second approach was to take the buttons and group them in an mdi child form.

This however mean that I would need to create a child form from within a child form.

Is this possible? and if so does anyone know how as every examplpe I have found, show the parent being set as the current form. In other words, it always assumes that the MDI container, has nothing on it except a menu structure.