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how to show scrollbars for MDI child form
I have a MDI application with MDI child screens.
When I open MDI child screens in the App, I donot get vertical and horizantal scroll bars for child forms (making it look ugly, and hide several control in the form).
For example, when you open a doc. in WORD you get vert. & horiz. scrollbars for the document view automatically.
Though this is farily simple one, but I do not know how to do it (and also documentation is unhelpful).
Thanks for your answer,
D.Venkatesan Pillai
Senior Software Engineer
dvenkat@iptcorp.com or (dvenkat68@hotmail.com)
When I open MDI child screens in the App, I donot get vertical and horizantal scroll bars for child forms (making it look ugly, and hide several control in the form).
For example, when you open a doc. in WORD you get vert. & horiz. scrollbars for the document view automatically.
Though this is farily simple one, but I do not know how to do it (and also documentation is unhelpful).
Thanks for your answer,
D.Venkatesan Pillai
Senior Software Engineer
dvenkat@iptcorp.com or (dvenkat68@hotmail.com)
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The problem still persists. The scrollbars also go hiding!
The issue is I paint the form at a size greater than the normal display size. (I expect the VB to automatically show a Scrool bar in this case, and evidently it does not).
Your code will not work in this case, because the scroll bar lie at a screen co-ordinate beyond normal display window size.
So please suggest me someother method or correct if I am wrong or misunderstood you.
Thanks
The issue is I paint the form at a size greater than the normal display size. (I expect the VB to automatically show a Scrool bar in this case, and evidently it does not).
Your code will not work in this case, because the scroll bar lie at a screen co-ordinate beyond normal display window size.
So please suggest me someother method or correct if I am wrong or misunderstood you.
Thanks
I will assume you are talking about scrollbars you have added to a child form. In the form resize event of the child form add this code:
Private Sub Form_Resize()
HScroll1.Move 0, Me.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height, Me.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width, HScroll1.Height
VScroll1.Move Me.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width, 0, VScroll1.Width, Me.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height
HScroll1.ZOrder
VScroll1.ZOrder
End Sub
This will keep your scrollbars visible and aligned to the bottom and right edges of the form.
Private Sub Form_Resize()
HScroll1.Move 0, Me.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height, Me.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width, HScroll1.Height
VScroll1.Move Me.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width, 0, VScroll1.Width, Me.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height
HScroll1.ZOrder
VScroll1.ZOrder
End Sub
This will keep your scrollbars visible and aligned to the bottom and right edges of the form.
ASKER
Thanks "clifABB" and "clsmaster". It works!
Glad to be of service.
If you are talking about each child forms scroll bars, you have to add them yourself using VScrollBar & HScrollBar.