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 ;)