MDI child form positioning.

[nickwrs]

Every time I Start a program with a MDI child in the MDI parent form, It starts it in the Top left portion of the parent form.

I need the form to start centered...

is this possible???

[Buzby]

You can always put this in the Load event of the child form;

Me.Left=(MDIForm.Width-Me.Width)/2
Me.Top=(MDIForm.Height-Me.Height)/2

In VB6 you can set the StartupPosition Property of the child form to CentreOwner.



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Mark "Buzby" Beeton
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[chrisjk]

I ha the same problem, so I used this

Me.Move (Screen.Width - Me.Width) / 2, (Screen.Height - Me.Height) / 2 - frmMDI.Toolbar1.Height

Only include the toolbar bit if your main form has a toolbar. Put it in the form_load.

Good luck!

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- Chris
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[nickwrs]

Actually I can't make the start up posistion = to center owner... it gives me an error of invalid property value.

I have VB 6

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The other option works, but the main form I just have maximized. and that only takes into account the property values of the acutal form. I want this to be able to be runa nd look good on various screen sizes and resolutions.