MDIForm.Arrange

[sethindeed]

I used to use this property in VB6 to automatically arrange all the child forms within an MDI Form.
This property is gone. Is there a new syntax to tile and cascade child forms ?

thx !

 

[Robby]

Me.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.Cascade)
Me.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.TileHorizontal)
Me.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.TileVertical)

 

[sethindeed]

Wow !
Thanx Robby.
One quick question for you, do you know how to setfocus on a form and bring it up front if it is already opened ? ( I have already wrote a routine to prevent a form from opening two times, I just need to add a piece of code to set the focus on the form )

 

[Nerseus]

If you have a reference to the openened form, just call Focus and/or BringToFront.

-Nerseus

 

[sethindeed]

What do you mean by reference Nerseus ?
At this point, I have the following code :

Dim frmCompany As New frmCompany ()

If 'the form is already loaded' Then

frmCompany.Focus
frmCompany.BringToFront

I tried both of these methods earlier today with no results
Any clues ?

 

[Volte]

You can't just use the new instance of the form. You have to make
sure you're using the same instance. I'm assuming you're using a
For Each to check to see if the form is loaded; on the interation through
the loop in which you determine it's loaded, use the Focus method
on the form object that is assigned to the form loop:

For Each dummy In mdi.MDIChildren
  'if it's loaded then
    dummy.Focus();
  'end if
Next

 

[sethindeed]

Once again thanx Volte Face, it works perfectly

 

[sethindeed]

Actually, I can't refer to mdi.MDIChildren or MDIForm.MDIChildren

Seems like MDiChildren is not a member of my collection

 

[sethindeed]

I am getting the following error :

Object reference not set to an instance of an object

 

[Volte]

Well, assuming the code is in the MDI parent, you would use:

Me.MDIChildren

 

[sethindeed]

Cool thx now it works