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  1. Mar 26th, 2007, 06:01 PM #1
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    Exclamation [RESOLVED][2005] MDI Parent & Child Form Problems

    i have got am MDI parent form in my application however i seem to be having a few problems setting forms up as MDI children of the parent form so that i can use the centerparent position for the position of each form. i have look in MSDN and its expreamly complicated and i cant get my head round it.

    Can anyone please help me?
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    Re: [2005] MDI Parent & Child Form Problems

    It's actually very simple:
    vb Code:
    1. Dim childForm As New Form

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    3. childForm.MdiParent = Me

    4. childForm.Show()
    That assumes that you've already set the IsMdiContainer property of the parent form to True, which you would do in the designer.
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    Re: [2005] MDI Parent & Child Form Problems

    i have tried that and it seems to create a new form
    can i do it with a form that i have created manually
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  4. Mar 26th, 2007, 06:35 PM #4
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    Re: [2005] MDI Parent & Child Form Problems

    sorted it i jst removed the dim part and jst changed the other to my form name
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