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How can I move my forms to the centre of the screen
hi everyone:
i have been using VB 6.0 for a very long time. i am used to see my forms as I am adding components to them in the middle of the screen. i am trying to use now VS 2005 (.NET) but i don't seems to be able to move my forms to the middle of the screen while i am designing them. forms always start on the top left. my question is not how to move the forms to a specific location at run time but at design time
thank you all
rene
i have been using VB 6.0 for a very long time. i am used to see my forms as I am adding components to them in the middle of the screen. i am trying to use now VS 2005 (.NET) but i don't seems to be able to move my forms to the middle of the screen while i am designing them. forms always start on the top left. my question is not how to move the forms to a specific location at run time but at design time
thank you all
rene
Mike Tomlinson
How are you moving your form (at design-time) to the middle of the screen in VB6?...
Over in the properties window Go to the StartPosition property and change it to center Screen.
I believe you have a missing word or two in your problem description...making it ambiguous...
Can you please clarify whether you want the form in the center of the screen at DESIGN-TIME or at RUN-TIME?
Can you please clarify whether you want the form in the center of the screen at DESIGN-TIME or at RUN-TIME?
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sk33v3: if i do that it will show on the middle of the screen at run-time.
idle mind: i just drag and drop.
i am used to look in the middle of my screen when i am adding components to my form such as text boxes and so on.
idle mind: i just drag and drop.
i am used to look in the middle of my screen when i am adding components to my form such as text boxes and so on.
ASKER
at design time
I have VB6 on my system and I can't "just drag and drop" a form around the designer in the IDE...
If I have my ToolBox on the left side of the screen and can make it wider...thus moving the form closer to the middle.
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If I have my ToolBox on the left side of the screen and can make it wider...thus moving the form closer to the middle.
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ASKER
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No, you can do eactly what he describes in VB6. I am not sure how to set it up in VB.net though. When you look at the form designer in VB6 make sure it is not maximized you will see the form window is allowed to be moved around.
Idle Basically what he wants to do is undock the form designer and code windows. I could not find a way within Visual Studio to do so.
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holy cow !
is there a need for all these changes ?
i don't think so
thank you both for your time
is there a need for all these changes ?
i don't think so
thank you both for your time
I don't know...I've become quite used to...and like the Tabbed environment.
It's just different...give it some time...
Microsoft is trying to move away from the MDI model over to the "Tabbed" model.
It's just different...give it some time...
Microsoft is trying to move away from the MDI model over to the "Tabbed" model.