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I figured it out already. 
I just needed to swap the order, it appears that the first control to be docked is automatically docked with an alignment of alClient - obviously because there are no other controls docked. 
So by doing this, it all works how I want: 
fConsole.Show; 
fDisplay.Show; 
fDisplay.Manualdock(fMain.pnlDock,nil,alClient); 
fConsole.Manualdock(fMain.pnlDock,nil,alTop); 
 
Regards 
Paul 
 
 

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I figured it out already.
I just needed to swap the order, it appears that the first control to be docked is automatically docked with an alignment of alClient - obviously because there are no other controls docked.
So by doing this, it all works how I want:
fConsole.Show;
fDisplay.Show;
fDisplay.Manualdock(fMain.pnlDock,nil,alClient);
fConsole.Manualdock(fMain.pnlDock,nil,alTop);

Regards
Paul




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I cannot seem to get ManualDock to dock two Forms on a TPanel with the alignment specified. 
 
I issue the following statements: 
 
fConsole.Show; 
fDisplay.Show; 
fConsole.Manualdock(fMain.pnlDock,nil,alTop); 
fDisplay.Manualdock(fMain.pnlDock,nil,alClient); 
 
But the forms end up docking left and right instead of top and bottom. 
 
I'm using Delphi 7 Professional - what am I doing wrong? 
 
Paul 

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I cannot seem to get ManualDock to dock two Forms on a TPanel with the alignment specified.

I issue the following statements:

fConsole.Show;
fDisplay.Show;
fConsole.Manualdock(fMain.pnlDock,nil,alTop);
fDisplay.Manualdock(fMain.pnlDock,nil,alClient);

But the forms end up docking left and right instead of top and bottom.

I'm using Delphi 7 Professional - what am I doing wrong?

Paul


ManualDock and alignment problem

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