MDI Form Question

[Fred]

Hi,

I have an MDI form and i want to use the background to display data
relevant to the application. Basically its just a load of labels in
groupboxes. It works except the groupboxes sit onto of all the MDI
children. I have tried playing with TopMost, send to back etc etc but
no matter what i do I cant get the forms in front of the groupboxes. :(

Any ideas?


Thanks Fred

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Re: MDI Form Question

Fred,

I don't know if others understand your problem direct. What background are
you talking about?

Cor

"Fred" <fred@fredthoma s.co.uk> schreef in bericht
news:1151195486 .270148.293710@ m73g2000cwd.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have an MDI form and i want to use the background to display data
> relevant to the application. Basically its just a load of labels in
> groupboxes. It works except the groupboxes sit onto of all the MDI
> children. I have tried playing with TopMost, send to back etc etc but
> no matter what i do I cant get the forms in front of the groupboxes. :(
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks Fred
>[/color]

[gene kelley]

Re: MDI Form Question

On 24 Jun 2006 17:31:26 -0700, "Fred" <fred@fredthoma s.co.uk> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi,
>
>I have an MDI form and i want to use the background to display data
>relevant to the application. Basically its just a load of labels in
>groupboxes. It works except the groupboxes sit onto of all the MDI
>children. I have tried playing with TopMost, send to back etc etc but
>no matter what i do I cant get the forms in front of the groupboxes. :(
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>Thanks Fred[/color]

For all practical purposes, it's not possible to display a control
behind ChildForm(s) in the MDIForm client area.

The only practical client "background " is with the BackgroundImage
Property.

Gene

[Fred]

Re: MDI Form Question

Hi Cor,

Thanks for replying.

The background I am talking about is this:

Imagine you have an MDI container window open with no other open forms
and the MDI container is maximised. You will have a whole window with
nothing in it. Its that I want to use.

In VB6 it would not let you put a label (or most other controls)
directly on the MDI parent but VB.NET does. In VB 6 I got round this
by creating a MDI Child that sat on the parent background and I set it
to always be behind all other forms using zorder. As VB.NET allows me
to put label directly onto the MDI container I was hoping I would be
able to set all the controls to be behind any open forms.

Does that make sense?!?

Thanks

Fred

Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:[color=blue]
> Fred,
>
> I don't know if others understand your problem direct. What background are
> you talking about?
>
> Cor
>
> "Fred" <fred@fredthoma s.co.uk> schreef in bericht
> news:1151195486 .270148.293710@ m73g2000cwd.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=green]
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an MDI form and i want to use the background to display data
> > relevant to the application. Basically its just a load of labels in
> > groupboxes. It works except the groupboxes sit onto of all the MDI
> > children. I have tried playing with TopMost, send to back etc etc but
> > no matter what i do I cant get the forms in front of the groupboxes. :(
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Thanks Fred
> >[/color][/color]

[Fred]

Re: MDI Form Question

Hi Gene,

Thanks for the reply.

So I guess I will have to do the work around I used with VB 6 (see my
other post)?

Thanks

Fred

gene kelley wrote:[color=blue]
> On 24 Jun 2006 17:31:26 -0700, "Fred" <fred@fredthoma s.co.uk> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have an MDI form and i want to use the background to display data
> >relevant to the application. Basically its just a load of labels in
> >groupboxes. It works except the groupboxes sit onto of all the MDI
> >children. I have tried playing with TopMost, send to back etc etc but
> >no matter what i do I cant get the forms in front of the groupboxes. :(
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >Thanks Fred[/color]
>
> For all practical purposes, it's not possible to display a control
> behind ChildForm(s) in the MDIForm client area.
>
> The only practical client "background " is with the BackgroundImage
> Property.
>
> Gene[/color]

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Re: MDI Form Question

Hi Fred,

Did you try to set a panel (docked full) on your form and hide that if you
want to show the MDI container and visa versa?

Cor

"Fred" <fred@fredthoma s.co.uk> schreef in bericht
news:1151230293 .097331.242660@ u72g2000cwu.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Hi Cor,
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> The background I am talking about is this:
>
> Imagine you have an MDI container window open with no other open forms
> and the MDI container is maximised. You will have a whole window with
> nothing in it. Its that I want to use.
>
> In VB6 it would not let you put a label (or most other controls)
> directly on the MDI parent but VB.NET does. In VB 6 I got round this
> by creating a MDI Child that sat on the parent background and I set it
> to always be behind all other forms using zorder. As VB.NET allows me
> to put label directly onto the MDI container I was hoping I would be
> able to set all the controls to be behind any open forms.
>
> Does that make sense?!?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred
>
> Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:[color=green]
>> Fred,
>>
>> I don't know if others understand your problem direct. What background
>> are
>> you talking about?
>>
>> Cor
>>
>> "Fred" <fred@fredthoma s.co.uk> schreef in bericht
>> news:1151195486 .270148.293710@ m73g2000cwd.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=darkred]
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have an MDI form and i want to use the background to display data
>> > relevant to the application. Basically its just a load of labels in
>> > groupboxes. It works except the groupboxes sit onto of all the MDI
>> > children. I have tried playing with TopMost, send to back etc etc but
>> > no matter what i do I cant get the forms in front of the groupboxes. :(
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks Fred
>> >[/color][/color]
>[/color]

[R. MacDonald]

Re: MDI Form Question

Hello, Fred,

You can do what you want by putting the controls on the "MDIClient" .
This doesn't show up as an available control within the intelli-sense of
the MDI form, but you can find it by iterating through the controls on
the MDI form and comparing the TypeOf each to MdiCLient.

Private WithEvents MDI_Frame As MdiClient

For Each CurrentItem As Control In Me.Controls
If (TypeOf CurrentItem Is MdiClient) Then
MDI_Frame = DirectCast(Curr entItem, MdiClient)
Exit For
End If
Next CurrentItem

Cheers,
Randy


Fred wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have an MDI form and i want to use the background to display data
> relevant to the application. Basically its just a load of labels in
> groupboxes. It works except the groupboxes sit onto of all the MDI
> children. I have tried playing with TopMost, send to back etc etc but
> no matter what i do I cant get the forms in front of the groupboxes. :(
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks Fred
>[/color]

[Miro]

Re: MDI Form Question

Im running into a simillar problem.

Just wondering if you did come up with a solution ?

I too want to put some background "objects" like pictures and stuff on the
back wall of the MDI form.

Just wondering if you scrapped it, or did come up with a solution.

Thanks

Miro

"Fred" <fred@fredthoma s.co.ukwrote in message
news:1151230384 .115541.130570@ m73g2000cwd.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hi Gene,
>
Thanks for the reply.
>
So I guess I will have to do the work around I used with VB 6 (see my
other post)?
>
Thanks
>
Fred
>
gene kelley wrote:

>On 24 Jun 2006 17:31:26 -0700, "Fred" <fred@fredthoma s.co.ukwrote:
>>

>Hi,
>
>I have an MDI form and i want to use the background to display data
>relevant to the application. Basically its just a load of labels in
>groupboxes. It works except the groupboxes sit onto of all the MDI
>children. I have tried playing with TopMost, send to back etc etc but
>no matter what i do I cant get the forms in front of the groupboxes. :(
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>Thanks Fred

>>
>For all practical purposes, it's not possible to display a control
>behind ChildForm(s) in the MDIForm client area.
>>
>The only practical client "background " is with the BackgroundImage
>Property.
>>
>Gene

>