MDIParent not showing Child Form correctly?

[blakemckenna]

I have a MDIParent form that is showing a Child Form at the bottom left of the MDIParent. I've never seen this kind of behavior before. I never had any issues like this with VB.Net but I'm in the process of learning C#. Perhaps it's something that I'm not aware of related to C# but that would seem weird. It does this everytime. Anyway, please see the attached image. Below is the code that I click from a menustripitem.

        private void employeeToolStripMenuItem_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Form1 frm1 = new Form1();
            frm1.MdiParent = this;
            frm1.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual;
            frm1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0); 
            frm1.Show();
        }

[jmcilhinney]

It looks like it's minimised, although I'm not sure why. Try setting the WindowState to Normal. If it's not minimised then it might be a sizing issue, so you could also try setting the Size. Again, not sure why that should be required, assuming that you have both those properties set appropriately in the designer for that form.

[blakemckenna]

I figured it out. I put the code in the "MdiChildActivate" method.