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.
Questions tagged [mdichild]
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Save MdiChildren on Application exit
I would like to store some data about open MdiChildren to restore them when the application restarts.
But the MdiChildren property seems to empty on the ApplicationExit event.
Which event do I listen to to be able to get a list of open MdiChildren…
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Two MDI child forms interfering with each other
I am writing an MDI application in C# that contains two child forms which are referenced through DLL (stand alone projects added to references).
One child form (call it form1) is performing animation based on graphic objects using a timer. This…
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MDI Implementation in WPF
How can I implement an MDI application in WPF?
In windows forms I was used to write code like this:
Form2 oForm2 = new Form2();
oForm2.MdiParent = this;
oForm2.Show();
How can I accomplish the same thing in WPF?
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how to call MdiChild from MDIParent form
I create a new MdiChild from MainForm using this method:
AdminLogInForm adminForm;
private void LogInAsAdminMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (adminForm == null)
{
adminForm = new AdminLogInForm();
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OutOfMemoryException in MDIChild
I have a datagridview in MDIChild form, which I ll customize on form load by calling the following function,
private void FillDetails()
{
dgvDefCofig.DataSource = dbLayer.tblDefConfigSelectAll().Tables[0];
var columnheaderstyle =…
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snap to grid MDI child forms vb.net
I'm developping a modular dashboard in Visual Basic that starts as an empty container than i can add modules to populate it.
The parent form is an MDI container and every module is a child MDI form that have fixed size.
I'd like to snap all of that…
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Show MDIChild Form from another MDIChild Form
Let’s I have MDIParentForm (Home), Child Form (Form1, Form2), Home has one Menu (Add) and Form1 has button (btnOk)
'''''Here is C# Code''''''
public partial class Home : DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonForm
{
public Home()
{
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Error on opening an MDI ChildForm from another MDI ChildForm's TButton via TMenuItem on MDI ParentForm
I have 2 MDIChild Forms and an MDIParent Form with a TMainMenu. In the TMainMenu, I have the following TMenuItem.OnClick procedure to open ChildForm2:
procedure TfrmMain.miOpenChildForm2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
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How to close MDIChild C# VS2010?
Actually Its my first project. While I want to convert my VB.Net2008 to C#2010 I have few clarification pls.
In Form2 Properties I set - IsMDIContainer = True. Then the below code to open my MdiChild and now what is my problem when I click the…
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MDIChild Form always behind ScrollBox
Based in this my working code, now i need of a ScrollBox component and a Image component inside he. Eg:
The problem now is the ScrollBox. The MDIChild Form always stays behind, you can test, changing ScrollBox Align (None/Client) property.
Then…
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Allow multiple MDI Parent Forms on same Application
I'm trying follow what was suggested in this answer, changing this part of Vcl.Forms.pas:
procedure TCustomForm.CreateWindowHandle(const Params: TCreateParams);
var
CreateStruct: TMDICreateStruct;
NewParams: TCreateParams;
begin
if (FormStyle…
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MDIChild form cannot be created
Have a main form (Form1) where is created a MDIForm (Form2) and a MDIChild (Form3) form respectivelly in execution time. In my tests the MDIForm (Form2) is show like expected but when try show the MDIChild (Form3) i get the following error that…
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c# Creating MDI Child of Form1 from Form2
I am attempting to instantiate an instance of From3 as a child of Form1 by clicking a button on Form2.
However, when using the following code in Form2:
Form3 PFForm = new Form3();
PFForm.MdiParent = Form1;
PFForm.Show();
... to instantiate Form3…
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MDI Parent Not Keeping Form In Client Area
i am trying to create a MDI applications with winforms,
the form design is borderless and i have a mainmenu strip,
when i maximize the child it appears to be out of the client area,
it blocks the main menustrip, and the scroll bars do not…
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Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V not working in VB6
i have a project in VB6. This project have a MDI form and many childs. My problem is Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V not working. But Copy / Paste with mouse run fine.
There is some configuration of the project to enable these functions?
I have another similar…
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