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MDI Form QuestionHi,
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 Fred,
I don't know if others understand your problem direct. What background are you talking about? Cor Show quoteHide quote "Fred" <f***@fredthomas.co.uk> schreef in bericht news:1151195486.270148.293710@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... > 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 > 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: Show quoteHide quote > Fred, > > I don't know if others understand your problem direct. What background are > you talking about? > > Cor > > "Fred" <f***@fredthomas.co.uk> schreef in bericht > news:1151195486.270148.293710@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... > > 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 > > 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 Show quoteHide quote "Fred" <f***@fredthomas.co.uk> schreef in bericht news:1151230293.097331.242660@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com... > 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: >> Fred, >> >> I don't know if others understand your problem direct. What background >> are >> you talking about? >> >> Cor >> >> "Fred" <f***@fredthomas.co.uk> schreef in bericht >> news:1151195486.270148.293710@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... >> > 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 >> > >
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On 24 Jun 2006 17:31:26 -0700, "Fred" <f***@fredthomas.co.uk> wrote: For all practical purposes, it's not possible to display a control>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 behind ChildForm(s) in the MDIForm client area. The only practical client "background" is with the BackgroundImage Property. Gene 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: Show quoteHide quote > On 24 Jun 2006 17:31:26 -0700, "Fred" <f***@fredthomas.co.uk> wrote: > > >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 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 Show quoteHide quote "Fred" <f***@fredthomas.co.uk> wrote in message news:1151230384.115541.130570@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.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" <f***@fredthomas.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >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 > 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(CurrentItem, MdiClient) Exit For End If Next CurrentItem Cheers, Randy Fred wrote: Show quoteHide quote > 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 > 
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