[Resolved] MDI Child Form Restore Bar

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 05:50 PM

I am having a bit of a problem and I did a few quick searches here and none of the threads seemed to be my exact problem.

In the screenshot at http://cpradio.net/screenshot.gif there is a part circled in red. I am trying to remove that bar. The child form's FormBorderStyle is set to "None" so the Maximize, Minimize, Restore, etc should not be showing up. What am I doing wrong/over-looking?

-Matt

**PT Exorcist** · Sep 11th, 2003, 06:07 PM

if u dont want to show that thing why using mdi? i mean..maybe you could use just a panel or something like that to be a container or not?

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 06:10 PM

well I am new to vb.net (not new to vb) but I have no idea what exactly a panel was so I used MDI.

Could you explain the difference for me?

**PT Exorcist** · Sep 11th, 2003, 06:12 PM

a panel is a container control(it means you can put textboxes, buttons, etc in it).

what are you really wanting to do? also what was the specific idea of trying to use the MDI?

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 06:25 PM

I am writing a very basic game. the point is to load forms into a current form (ie: MDI) so I can ensure the user cannot close the game.

-Matt

**PT Exorcist** · Sep 11th, 2003, 06:26 PM

but why put them in mdi and not directly in the form?!

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 06:52 PM

it's hard to explain. I am using MDI so I can keep everything in seperate forms, thus make it easier to work with.

unfortunately it seems its not too easy to work with, as getting a MDI form to open another MDI form is not very easy or so it seems.

**PT Exorcist** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:03 PM

you can create forms and instead of using MDI you could just loop thru each form controls and add them to the main form, when u wanted to change the game or whatever, u'd just delete all the controls from the main form and copy the new controls from the other form u want to it

**Pirate** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:04 PM

Weird ! I've just created a MDI Form and set FormBorderStyle to 'None' and works fine . No buttons at the top , no title Bar too .

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:04 PM

that doesn't seem like the easiest solution.

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:08 PM

Originally posted by Pirate
Weird ! I've just created a MDI Form and set FormBorderStyle to 'None' and works fine . No buttons at the top , no title Bar too .

mind sharing your property settings of your Main Form that IsMDI, and the property settings of your MDI form?

**Pirate** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:30 PM

I have VS.NET 2003 , I just created a form and set IsMdiContainer = True , FormBorderStyle = None . Do you still want a demo ?

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:31 PM

ahh, im just on VS .NET, i bet its a bug

**Pirate** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:36 PM

Maybe not , create new proj and try these settings again .

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:42 PM

frmMain Properties:
IsMdiContainer = True

frmSplash Properties:
FormBorderStyle = None
WindowState = Maximized
ControlBox = False

**Pirate** · Sep 11th, 2003, 07:48 PM

Ok , but did you try new proj and gave you same result ?

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 08:03 PM

Yes, but I solved it, using a very odd setup.

I added:

Code:

    Private Sub frmMain_Resize(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Resize
        Me.MaximizeBox() = True
    End Sub

To all of my child forms and it takes care of the problem (very odd)

**Pirate** · Sep 11th, 2003, 08:14 PM

Still

**cpradio** · Sep 11th, 2003, 08:33 PM

The code in my prior post, solved my problem and removed that tool bar that had the restore and minimize buttons.

I appreciate both of your help.
Thanks!
-Matt

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