AxWindowsMediaPlayer control location/size

Question

I have a AxWindowsMediaPlayer control on my WinForm.

Everything works so far. But I can't resize or move the control.

I initialize the control like this:

mediaPlayer = new AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer();

mediaPlayer.CreateControl();
mediaPlayer.enableContextMenu = false;
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(mediaPlayer)).BeginInit();
mediaPlayer.Name = "wmPlayer";
mediaPlayer.Enabled = true;
mediaPlayer.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
mediaPlayer.Size = this.Size;
this.Controls.Add(mediaPlayer);
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(mediaPlayer)).EndInit();
mediaPlayer.uiMode = "none";
mediaPlayer.URL = fileName;
mediaPlayer.settings.setMode("loop", true);

mediaPlayer.Ctlcontrols.play();

But the size ist always the same. How can I set the Size or the Bounds of this Controls?

Thanks for help

Yes. I want to resize the control inside the form, that it fits to the form size. — johnbraum, Dec 16 '14 at 12:47
You've set its Dock property to Fill. Setting the Size cannot have any effect. — Hans Passant, Dec 16 '14 at 13:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '14 at 13:21

It is better do this in designer, rather than code.

In your code, you set the size of the player control as large as the form.

//occupies all the form's available space
mediaPlayer.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill; 
//again, the player is the same size as form
mediaPlayer.Size = this.Size;

In order to set the bound of the player control within the form, you can set the its AnchorStyle- anchoring the control to the edges of the form- and set the control's Location and Size properties.

mediaPlayer.Location = new Point(50, 50);
mediaPlayer.Size = new Size(this.ClientSize.Width - 100, this.ClientSize.Height - 100);
mediaPlayer.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right | AnchorStyles.Bottom;

Okay. Now i added the mediaPlayer through the designer. Set it to visible=false and show it when I need him. And with Anchors it works fine... But why I can't create the instance in code and set its bounds? Weird.. Thanks for help! — johnbraum, Dec 16 '14 at 15:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '21 at 16:14

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For anyone who wants to zoom in on AxWindowsMediaPlayer

        axWindowsMediaPlayer1.stretchToFit = true;
        axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Width *= 2;
        axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Height *= 2;

answered Apr 01 '21 at 16:14

Vulpi

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