Designing Child Form Layout in VB.NET
I have an MDI Parent form, in which I dock multiple child forms which contain a custom menu strip, TreeView, etc. In the MDI Parent form_loading event I instantiate two forms and dock them to the left and top of the Parent form, respectively. When I instantiate a third form and set it to fill the Parent, on load it behaves correctly and fills the remaining space. However, when the menu strip receives focus, the third child form slides underneath the menu strip as if the menu strip form executed a Me.BringToFront method.
I have coded methods to counteract any form going forward or backward upon getting / loosing, but the problem remains. It's driving me crazy. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I have coded methods to counteract any form going forward or backward upon getting / loosing, but the problem remains. It's driving me crazy. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Mike Tomlinson
Can you show a screen shot of the layout please?
ASKER
I think we'd need to see some code and understand better how the subforms were built...
ASKER
Got it!
In the TreeView_GotFocus event I placed the following code:
If Not anAccountForm Is Nothing Then
anAccountForm.BringToFront
Me.SendToBack()
End If
Thank God! I've been banging my head on this.
In the TreeView_GotFocus event I placed the following code:
If Not anAccountForm Is Nothing Then
anAccountForm.BringToFront
Me.SendToBack()
End If
Thank God! I've been banging my head on this.
In the picture, which controls are part of what form(s)?
Are you really using MDI here?...or setting TopLevel to False and embedding the forms?
Are you really using MDI here?...or setting TopLevel to False and embedding the forms?
ASKER
I'm using an MDI Parent yes.
In the picture, the parent form consists of a toolstrip and status strip
The left hand child form contains the treeview
The middle child currently contains textboxes.
What is this TopLevel to false useful for?
In the picture, the parent form consists of a toolstrip and status strip
The left hand child form contains the treeview
The middle child currently contains textboxes.
What is this TopLevel to false useful for?
ASKER
You wouldn't know the TSQL syntax for inserting rows from one database into a table in a different database, would you? I'm using fully qualified names, but it throws an error.
No, sorry...I'm not a DB guy.
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I fixed it (see my earlier post) but I accept this as a good alternative. Thanks.