MDI Child Forms [Resolved]

Hi,

Is there a way to move a form before it becomes visible when it is an MDI child?

I've tried setting the visible property to false at design-time, then using code to centre and show the form, but the form flashes for a second in its initial position before moving, which doesn't look great.

Any ideas?

Are you positioning the child form in the MDI form load or child form load?

Well, the first form is loaded like this:

VB Code:

Private Sub MDIForm_Load()
    frmTemplate.Left = (Me.ScaleWidth - frmTemplate.Width) / 2
    frmTemplate.Top = (Me.ScaleHeight - frmTemplate.Height) / 2
    frmTemplate.Show
End Sub

And the subsequent forms are loaded like this:

VB Code:

Private Sub cmdMembers_Click()
    frmDispMem.Left = Me.Left
    frmDispMem.Top = Me.Top
    Unload Me
    frmDispMem.Show
End Sub

I've just been experimenting some more...

It seems like the form becomes visible whenever it is loaded, even though the visible property is set to false. I tried a button calling only frmDispMem.Hide, and it still flashed for a second before disappearing.

I don't really seem to be making any head-way at the moment.

I believe that if you put your centering code in the Initialze event of the child form then you'll be OK.

Thanks - it works okay as it is, actually. I worked out what I was doing wrong:

In the form's Load event, I had included a Me.Show line because I was drawing a line on the form using code. This meant that when I tried to set any property or call a method of that form, the Load event fired and showed it.

Oops!