Trying to Resize an Active Form

[chris52672]

I am trying to resize form1 aka (CipherForm) while the program is running.

I have Visual Studios 2003.

I have tried

private void CipherForm_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			CipherForm h = new CipherForm(); 
			h.Size = new Size(500, 500);
		}

What I want in the end is during an event the window will resize and exiting an event it will resize back.

[tlhintoq]

Try...

h.Height = 500;
h.Width = 500;


As for "during an event"... An event is a rather instantaneous thing. You get an event at mouse down... you don't get continuous events while the mouse button is down. You get an event for ... the com port pin going low... you don't get continuous events for it.

[chris52672]

Tried to do this to. It does not seem to resize.

private void openFileDialog1_FileOk(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
		{
			CipherForm h = new CipherForm(); 
			h.Size = new Size(500, 500);
			h.Height = 500;
			h.Width = 500;

			KeyInstruction1.Visible = true;
			KeyIn.Visible = true;
			MaskEnbl.Visible = true;
			MaskEnbl.Enabled = true;
			KeyIn.Enabled = true;
		}

trying to resize of an ok from an openfile dialog

[tlhintoq]

Please use

 ..your code here

tags

Please use [code] tags.

As near as I can see there is nothing yet shown to even tell if it is resizing.
Line 3 you make a new form
You then make changes to the new form.
At no point do you .Show() the new form.

[chris52672]

Ohhhhhh....

Yeah that pops up a new form. Ok! But I wanted to resize the old form, not create a new form. Unless I can make the old form disapear while the new form is active. Do you know how to do this.

As you can tell I am quite new to this

[Plater]

use the this keyword to refer to the current form(assuming the code you are writing is running on the form you want to resize)

[chris52672]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Thanks that worked :) .

[tlhintoq]

... Otherwise use the reference to the first instance of your CypherForm.

At some point you had to make it. You assigned it to something.