Form positionning top left

M

Marty

Hi,

When creating a form, how can we set its property .left and .top to be
handled when the form is showed. Because, if I first assign values to
..left and .top, and secondly I call .show(), then the form does not
display at the correct screen location.

ex:
System.windows.forms.form myForm = new System.windows.forms.form();
myForm.left = 200;
myForm.top = 200;
myForm.show();
//The form does NOT appear at specified screen coordinate.

ex:
System.windows.forms.form myForm = new System.windows.forms.form();
myForm.show();
myForm.left = 200;
myForm.top = 200;
//The form does appear at specified screen coordinate and the user can
see the form's initial position, then reappear to the .left and .top
coordinate.

Any idea?

Thank you,
Marty
 
G

Guest

Here are some things to check:

1. Ensure that the "StartPosition" property of the form is set to "Manual".

2. You didn't say wehre you have this code. If it's in Form_Load and not
working then try placing into the constructor instead.
 

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