Child window bug???

[strid3r]

Hi,

I have an application in C++ Builder 6 that has three different child forms. when I start the program the first and second child forms are hidden till I execute them as they should be but the third one which I created as the last is shown (and it doesn't have proper dimensions). I don't know wtf is going on. It should be working ok..

btw I call the windows with:

Form = new TForm(Application);

any help really appreciated

[Studlyami]

when you display the other two windows are the dimensions right? Run the program through a debugger and check the size of the form. In C++ Builder you can specify the size/location of the form during design time. Perhaps this tutorial will be of some help.

Is this just a size problem or is there something else going on? You can always size the form dynamically during runtime and see if that fixes the problem.

[strid3r]

No the size is only a side effect of this bug or whatever it is. My primary objective is having all three child windows hidden till I call them but the third always shows itself on creating the parent window. It's just very odd..

[Studlyami]

That is odd. Could you please post up more code. Specifically the place where you create the parent window, then the place where you create the 3 child windows. Then the place where you show/hide the windows.

[strid3r]

I know that it's odd. There's nothing where I create parent window. I create the three child windows all the same. When there were only two of them everything was ok. After I added the third one it started doing strange things. And I'm not showing or hiding them at all. OnClose I use: Action = caFree otherwise the window won't close..

[strid3r]

I solved it:) It was because in mdiapp.cpp builder was creating this form

 Application->CreateForm(__classid(TForm2), &Form2);

thanks for all help;)