MDI Form controls

[neeraj]

Hi, people!
I'm trying to add a picturebox to a parent mdi form to serve as an
image background image on the center of the initial form. However, the
picturebox appears in front of every child form. How can I make the
picturebox go to the back so that the child forms show before it?

 

[R. MacDonald]

Hello, neeraj,

You need to put it on the MDIClient. I don't know if there is an easier
way to find this, but in the past I have iterated through the controls
on the MDI form (comparing the TypeOf each to MdiCLient) to find it.
Then I maintained a reference to this for subsequent use.

Cheers,
Randy

 

[CMM]

Based on my own experience, Randy's suggestion is the only way to go about
it.
The background area of an MDI mother window is really just a control.
Find the mdiclient control set a module level variable WithEvents to it, and
paint the image on the control in the control's paint event.

If you'd like sample code, I can post it, but you should be able to figure
it out.