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Setting anchoring for windows form

Hello,

I have a windows form in VB.net 2008. On this form I have placed two group control - one on the top and the other below that. Each Group control has one graph control. Now when I resize the form vertically i.e. increase height at run-time, I want that both group controls should equally resize so that both graph will also equally resize. What should I set the Anchor property for the Group Controls? The Dock property of the graph control is set to Fill so that it occupies complete space of the group control.

Regards.
MI

Nasir Razzaq

Try setting the anchor to "top, bottom".

Nasir Razzaq

You may find that the groups overlap each other in which case you could use the form_resize event to set the location and size of the controls based on current size of the form.

vj_mi

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Form_resize event: I cannot use this since at run-time the user will resize the form based on the client's screen resolution. Manaully setting the size/psotion will be very tedeious since the both group controls are within one tab page and there are other controls on other tab page. Any other alternative?

Regards,
MI

Nasir Razzaq

Did you try using the "top, bottom" as Anchor value?

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vj_mi

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>>>"top, bottom" as Anchor value?
I tried that but then the top group control overlaps with the bottom group control.

I will try what Idle_mind suggested and will post the results.

Regards,
MI