autosize issue

[bensonsearch]

Hi all,

I have been playing with autosize and can not get it to work. the layout of the form is as so

tablelayout with 1 coloum and 2 rows. top row contains flowlayout panel with 5 buttons left to right like a menu

bottom row also contains a flowlayout panel that is empty.

the tablelayout is set to fill the whole form
both flowlayout panels are set to fill there sections of the tablelayout

when button1 is pressed a second form gets added to the second flowlayoutpanel (in the bottom row) now no matter what i do or what settings/properties i change the second form never fills the whole flowlayout panel, it stays its original size.

i have manaully set all to autosize and dock settings, see below

        Form1.TopLevel = False
        FlowLayoutPanel1.Controls.Add(Form1)
        Form1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
        Form1.Show()
        Form1.AutoSize = True
        Form1.AutoSizeMode = Windows.Forms.AutoSizeMode.GrowAndShrink

this is the code behind the button.

please help. i dont know why its not working.

ps i have tested with message boxes that the flowlayout panels are growing just not the form. i have also tried setting the forms height and width = the flowlayout panel upon the panels size changed event to no luck

[Grimfort]

A form should not sit within any other control other than another form (I would say cannot sit, but I never know everything!). When this happens the main area becomes a MDI parent form. I have no idea what your code above would do . If you convert your Form1 into a user control, then you will get something more akin to what you seem to be asking for.

[bensonsearch]

the code removes the form as a top level class so it can be put into the flow panel. How would one convert a form into a user control?