Avatars

I need an avatar position retention method to save where a user's avatar is, relative to the screen width/height, so when the window is resized, the user's avatar will stay in the same position that it was in before the window was resized either smaller or larger.

What is the avatar contained in? A picturebox on a form? Need more information

They're contained inside one bigger picturebox, I will post a screenshot of my client below.

http://i37.tinypic.com/x0s8y8.png

Ok but when the form is resized you want the avatar to stay where? Why would it move if you resize the form?

Well say theres like 20 people logged in, their avatars in all different positions, and when the client is resized i want each av to retain the position they're in depending on the size, for instance i'm in the middle with it maximized in the screenshot, but if i normalize it and resize the form i want my avatar to stay in the center. Same as if there was more avatars, they would all remain in the same spot no matter what size the container is.

Does that make sense? lol

[color=navy]Soulds like maybe you should be using a ListView in large icon view instead. It would be alot easier as it has built in alignment properties.

If not, then you will have to save the location of each avatar and position as you desire.

I have to use a picture box, because the avatars are moveable. I know that I need to store each of their positions, but I need help doing so, and then keeping them in the position. I suck at math, and have tried everything, but get horrible results.

So far I have come up with the code below, but I cannot get it working correctly. It keeps my avatar in position for the most part, but there seems to be a problem with correcting the old position of the other avatars...

Code:

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      Dim tmpVarY As Long, tmpVarX As Long, boxLarger As Boolean
        boxLarger = False
        If picBoxHeight < .picBox.Height Then
            tmpVarY = .picBox.Height - picBoxHeight
            boxLarger = True
        Else
            tmpVarY = picBoxHeight - .picBox.Height
        End If
        If picBoxWidth < .picBox.Width Then
            tmpVarX = .picBox.Width - picBoxWidth
            boxLarger = True
        Else
            tmpVarX = picBoxWidth - .picBox.Width
        End If
      For i = 0 To .picAv.UBound
        .picAv(i).Top = IIf(boxLarger = True, Chatter(i).userY + tmpVarY, Chatter(i).userY - tmpVarY)
        .picAv(i).Left = IIf(boxLarger = True, Chatter(i).userX + tmpVarX, Chatter(i).userX - tmpVarX)
        If .picAv(i).Left + .picAv(i).Width >= .picBox.Width Then
            .picAv(i).Left = .picBox.Width - .picAv(i).Width
        End If
        If .picAv(i).Top + .picAv(i).Height >= .picBox.Height Then
            .picAv(i).Top = .picBox.Height - .picAv(i).Height
        End If
        If .picAv(i).Top > Chatter(i).userYOld Then
            .picAv(i).Top = Chatter(i).userYOld
        End If
        If .picAv(i).Left > Chatter(i).userXOld Then
            .picAv(i).Left = Chatter(i).userXOld
        End If
        Chatter(i).userY = .picAv(i).Top
        Chatter(i).userX = .picAv(i).Left
        frmMain.checkAvatar i
      Next i

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Code:

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Dim Item1 As Long
Dim Item2 As Long

Form1.Picture1.Top = Item1
Form1.Picture1.Left = Item2

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... Lol?

To make the PictureBox retain its position, when you have resized the Form. You have to maybe look into the ScaleWidth and ScaleHeight properties, in the Form_Resize handler. You have to set them at run-time, and set values to them.