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MDI stands for Multiple Document Interface. A MDIChild form is a form contained in a MDIParent form and it shares parent's container, menus and controls. Usually MDIChilds form can be graphically organized to be tiled or cascaded automatically in the parent container.

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VB.net Passing data between 2 child mdi

Can someone provide me with an example please? Scenario is: **FORM1** = MDIPARENT FORM2 = CHILD FORM3 = CHILD FORM2 is opened by a menu on MDIPARENT FORM2 has a text box - CompanyNameText next to this textbox there is a button which opens FORM3…
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Resize the multiple child forms in mdiparent automatically , panels and mdi C#

I have mdiparent form which has menu and a panel on the left which includes treeview. the remaining space of the parent form can include multiple windows depending on the user how many he wants to open it. There is a splitter in the edge of the…
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show all child forms through a method

I have a mdi form and there are so many child forms on the main menu, and I use such code to open child: frmCustomers yeni = new frmCustomers(); if (GenelIslemler.formAuthCheck(yeni.Name.ToString())) { if…
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MDI windows in Windows Form Application

Right now I have this code to open an image from an MDIParent Window called MDIParent1 private void OpenFile(object sender, EventArgs e) { OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog(); openFileDialog.InitialDirectory =…
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MDI open tab on item drag

so I'm having some trouble with opening the tab to where I want to drag some data. I have 2 child MDI forms, with both a listview. I would like to drag a listviewitem from mdichild 1 to mdichild 2. The problem is that I am not able to find the…
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Hide/Show MdiChilds

I have an application with mdi. I have on the parent some links which, when clicked open a new child form and hides the one that is already opened How can I check if a child is already opened? A little scenario: link 1 -> opens Child of type A …
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Printing a pictureBox in a MdiChild

I'm trying to print the content of a pictureBox in a MdiChild. Debugging the code looks like it never triggers the PrintPage event. I've mainly used this code for the project: printing content of a picturebox What is wrong ? Here is my code: private…
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How to call MDIParent from windows form?

I have an MDI form called "MDIParent1", MDI child form "MDIChild1" and I have a windows form called "FrmTest". Now there is a button called "btnTest" in "MDIChild1" form and here is the click event. Dim V As New FrmTest V.MdiParent = MDIParent1 …
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How to ensure only one instance of a child form is created by a parent mdi form in VB.NET

I have a button on a parent form that can create new Child forms. However, I don't want more than one instance of each form to be created. I tried putting a public boolean on the parent MDI form: Dim ChildForm As Boolean = False And at the point…
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Click on treeview node open a new MDI form, focus left on first form

I'm trying to open a new form after clicking a node in a treeview. In the first MDI form I have a treeview, when I click on a node in the tree view a 2nd MDI form is opened, but the first form keeps the focus. I want the new form to have the focus.…
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Remove a TabPage

I am using C# 2005 to create a Windows application. I have a MDIForm (frmMainMenu) which contains a Menustrip and a TabControl. My ChildForm is frmPurchaseEntry. When the user clicks on a particular Menu option a new TabPage is created and the…
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Create Tabbed MDI Interface

I am using C# 2005 to develop an Windows application. I am planning to use a Tab Container to display the child forms. I have used a Menu Strip to display the menu and have set IsMDIContainer = true property of the MainMenu form. The MainMenu form…
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I would like to close a child form from another child forms event?

I have a child that pops up to display data. but when the data changes a new form is created to display the new data. I want to close the old form, so i don't end up with 5000 forms every time the data changes. The reason a new form is created is so…
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MDI Child form calling, not generation

I have an MDI form with 3 nested children with in it. As of right now all it can do is display a new form. For example: each time I press the menu button, the new child form(Form1) is created. Now, if I press that same menu button a second or…
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MDI Child Window Size

I am trying to create a child window within an MDI MainWindow...The main window is 1024 x 768 in size...when I try to use CreateWindowEx() to create a child window the size seems to be offset somehow...in other words a 1024 x 768 child window is…
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