Z-Order: How to determine and then persist?

[Jules Winfield]

I've developed a WinForms application that allows users to create a number
of child forms within a larger parent form. The child forms can be dragged
around within the bounds of the parent. They can also be resized.

When the user closes the application, I want the size and position of the
child forms to be persisted. I've figured out how to do this. The only thing
I'm lacking is the z-order. How do I determine the z-order of each child
form relative to its siblings? If I could find a way to persist this
information, then when the app starts up again, I could arrange the forms
with the same z-order that the user used in the previous session.

Thanx..

 

[Guest]

The ActiveForm will always be on top - so when you close your application
just record the activeform's order as you close them - hope it makes sense.

 

[Tim Scott]

Jules,

The Z-Order is controlled by the order of the controls in the parent
control's Control collection. As long as you serialize out and then
back in with the same order, the Z-Order should be preserved.

See this post:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...sforms/browse_thread/thread/21ba1a662a032356/

-- Tim Scott
http://geekswithblogs.net/tscott

 

[Jules Winfield]

Thanks -- that's precisely what I was looking for!