Modal MDI Child

I dont think it is possible,
i gave up on MDI a long time ago but that was a problem as i recall that you cant get around.
only a normal(non MDIChild) form called and shown modal will take full focus away from the app.
Kristian

Not possible!!!

But with a good manipulation of your components, i think something similar is possible!

Try this :

FormStyle = fsMDIChild;
BorderStyle = bsNone;
WindowState = wsMaximized;
BorderIcons = All set to false;

I don't know if it's what you need, but you will have a MDIChild and it will almost be modal!

regards
Mark

It is possible to bring up a form in either modal or MDI Child mode.

You'll need to override the default constructors (to make life easy)

Constructor TForm1.CreateModal( owner : TControl ); //maybe TWinControl
Begin
  Inherited Create( owner );
  FormStyle := fsNormal;
  Visible := False;
  //You will need to call Showmodal to show the form.
End;

Constructor TForm1.CreateMDIChild( owner : TControl ); //maybe TWinControl
Begin
  Inherited Create( owner );
  FormStyle := fsMDIChild;
  //You don't need to to anything now.  MDI Children MUST  be visible.
End;

Hope this helps.

It is not possible.

you can do either of these:
- in onDeActivate event of the childform you close/destroy...  the form. It is not the same as Modal, but the effect can be similar.

I usually create the form at a fsNormal and show it as modal. You can do this as normal, the only difference is that the form can be moved outside the borders of the mdiParent.

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amp
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as you said its smoke and mirrors i have found a better way to smoke and mirrors by managing all child forms in a MDI Form and preventing access to them while the modal one activated.