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how to resize a form put inside a tabpage and keep it in sinc with main form???

Hello

I have this tabcontrol that I put in my main form. It has three tabpages.
On the first tab I want to display a user form and I want to resize it so it matches that size on the tabcontrol. I also need to make sure the form follows the resize of the main form and the tabcontrol...

This is the code I use in the mainform's page load event to set up my user form:
private void frmMain_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form1 frm= new Form1(); // the user form to display in tab #0
frm.TopLevel = false;
frm.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;
frm.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
tabControl1.TabPages[0].Controls.Add(frm);
frm.Show();
}

Which event(s) do I need to redefine? and how to figure out the size on the form inside the tab relative to the main form and the tabcontrol?

I want everithing to be resized together, the mainform, the tabcontrol and the tabs...

thanks in advance

Mike Tomlinson

Try setting Dock to Fill:

frm.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;

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aquila98

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I gave points to so3 because solution was also about inheritance of userform instead of form...

thanks a lot.

Mike Tomlinson

But for the record so3, you CAN show a form inside a container as long as the TopLevel() property is False:

frm.TopLevel = false;

Try it for yourself please...

(aquila98 already this set in fact)

so3

Idle_Mind,
yes you're right:)

thanks