tough one

[adzzzz]

ok, someone give me a hand ere pls becos im well stuck...
im trying to detect whether my form is maxmized, if anyone knows an easier way tell me quick! otherwise read on..

Private Sub Form_Resize()
 
End Sub

im using that method along with Screen.Height and Me.Height (or ScaleHeight) and was using an if to check if they matched, sounds simple at first yea but in practise it doesnt work as expected
Me.Height (when form is maximized) equals the Screen.Height but thats with the taskbar subtracted, so i could just use a (Sceen.Height - [Taskbar Height]) but you can easily change the height of the taskbar, so people that had it higher would get a bug on my form where it cant be resized (the size of form is being saved to registry)
anyone know how to get around this or another method to detect if the form is maximized?

[Lord_Rat]

If Me.WindowState = vbMaximized then

I'll double check that 'WindowState' is accurate, but I know it's close.

[Lord_Rat]

It is.

[adzzzz]

cheers!

[adzzzz]

arg i got another problem how do i stop a form from being resized beyond a certain point without the if command just doing a Me.Height = 300 etc?
(resize msn conversations they just lock when they get too small)

[MartinLiss]

Private Sub Form_Resize()

    On Error Resume Next ' Needed if the form is minimized
    If Me.Width < 300 Then
        Me.Width = 300
    End If
    If Me.Height < 300 Then
        Me.Height = 300
    End If

End Sub

[adzzzz]

mate thast what im tryin atm but it makes the forum go all funny and flashy when its lower than my size

[MartinLiss]

Are you saying that it gets lower than 300?

[adzzzz]

it doesnt get lower than 300 (im actually using 4335) but when you reach the 4335 you can still drag the mouse beyond that point and it makes the form flash

[MartinLiss]

Something else must be going on because it works perfectly for me in my project and you should not be able to "still drag the mouse beyond that point".

[Lord_Rat]

Form flashing happens in all VB apps.

You would have to subclass the message queue and cancel a form resize to have it not flash.

It's not that big of a deal usually.

[MartinLiss]

When I drag the outline of my form to make it smaller, it doesn't flash. It does however take a moment for the form's controls to be resized and so there is a visible delay in the controls becoming smaller.

[Lord_Rat]

Martin, see attached.

[Lord_Rat]

!! I attached a file

Oh well, here it is AGAIN

[Lord_Rat]

Looks like the boards are havin some issues.

You can download the file here:

http://dragonboard.com/fadeform.zip

[Jason Badon]

variation of example posted by MartinLiss

Private Sub Form_Resize()
    On Error Resume Next
    Me.Height = 3000
    Me.Width = 3000
End Sub

[MartinLiss]

Lord_Rat: I see what you mean, but if you create a new project with nothing but

If Me.Height < 300 Then Me.Height = 300
If Me.Width < 300 Then Me.Width = 300

in the form resize there is no flicker and the mouse can not be moved inside the borders in drag mode.

[Lord_Rat]

300 is too small to see this in action, so I used 2000 instead.

Still flickers.

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Resize()
    If Me.Width < 2000 Then Me.Width = 2000
    If Me.Height < 2000 Then Me.Height = 2000
End Sub

[Lord_Rat]

Originally posted by Jason Badon
variation of example posted by MartinLiss

Private Sub Form_Resize()
    On Error Resume Next
    Me.Height = 3000
    Me.Width = 3000
End Sub

That doesn't let you resize larger either. If you were to use that code, you should just set the border style to fixed single.

[MartinLiss]

You are right, but that's pretty strange. Do you know why the size matters?

[Lord_Rat]

Most likely 2 factors:

1) Optical illusion (smaller screen is less easy to see)

2) Faster repaint.

In light of doing it 'right', see the (hopefully) attached.

[OsirisX]

You can--and actually I feel this is the best way--restrict resizing to your specified width and height.
here's how to stop flickering:
http://www.vb-world.net/controls/tip516.html
here's a good example of how to restrict height and width:
http://www.vb-helper.com/HowTo/sizeform.zip

--Enjoy
Osiris

[Lord_Rat]

I see you didn't look at the project I attached.

[Lord_Rat]

Also, your first link does NOT stop flickering during resizing. It stops it if you are updating elements ON the form

[OsirisX]

Who pissed in your Wheaties?
Chill out man. Sorry!

[Lord_Rat]

I didn't mean it that way.

I meant to state that the info you gave was already covered, that's all.