mdi child minimize

[jim]

hi,

i'm working with an mdi application in which i have several mdi children
open. as i minimize these children they are visible in the lower left hand
corner of the screen on top of the mdi parent form. however, each of these
mdi children have been minimized to the point that they're about the size of
the close button. I can see that the control box icon is still present, but
it is actually located underneath the close button, relegating my minimized
form to a small square. in previous endeavors with mdi, the child form is
typically placed in a similar position, but there's usually titlebar text
visible and the minimized windows are of a standard width/height etc.

has anyone else seen this?

is this default behavior?

am i supposed to be manually setting the height and width when the child
form is minimized (i've actually tried doing this and it didn't work as it
seems the minimize function resizes it itself wiping out my settings)?

i can attatch a screen shot for your reference if necessary.

vs.net 2003
framework 1.1

thanks,

jim

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

i'm working with an mdi application in which i have several mdi children
open. as i minimize these children they are visible in the lower left hand
corner of the screen on top of the mdi parent form. however, each of these
mdi children have been minimized to the point that they're about the size of
the close button.

I am not able to repro that with .NET 1.*0* on a Windows XP Pro
machine. Which Windows version do you use? Which 'FormBorderStyle' did
you set for the children?

 

[jim]

Hi Herfried, sorry about the delay in repsonse, i had a busy weekend...

i'm on win xp pro sp1
'FormBorderStyle' is set to 'FixedSingle'.

i have never seen this behavior before when using mdi. very strange... i'll
keep working on a solution and if i find something i'll be sure to post.

thank you for your help,

jim