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Kevin Pollard
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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 8:11 pm Post subject: How do I place form2 within form1? |
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I want to create a form (call it form2) that always displays on the
same position on top of my main form (form1). To illustrate what I'm
trying to do, let's say I divide my main form into two areas (maybe
panels) - the first area has a button in it, the the second area is
blank.
I want form2 to act like a subform of form1.
At run time when the user clicks on the button I want a form to appear
in the second area. The point is I want be able to position form2 to
be in a specific position relative to form1.
How can I do this in Delphi6?
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Cecile Muller
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 7:03 am Post subject: Re: How do I place form2 within form1? |
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| Quote: | I want form2 to act like a subform of form1.
How can I do this in Delphi6?
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In the procedure of the button clicked, put something like:
Form2.Left := Form1.Left + offsetX;
Form2.Top := Form1.Top + offsetY;
Form2.Show;
(offsetX and offsetY being two constant integers)
You will have to actualize Form2.Top and Form2.Left when the user
moves Form1 too.
But do you really need to use a second form, maybe a simple Panel
could fit, make is invisible at startup and change its Visible value
for showing/hiding it, and you wouldn't need to set its position as
it's done automatically thanks to the anchors.
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Martin Strand
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 8:40 am Post subject: Re: How do I place form2 within form1? |
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"Kevin Pollard" <kpollard (AT) scu (DOT) edu.au> wrote
| Quote: | I want to create a form (call it form2) that always displays on the
same position on top of my main form (form1). To illustrate what I'm
trying to do, let's say I divide my main form into two areas (maybe
panels) - the first area has a button in it, the the second area is
blank.
I want form2 to act like a subform of form1.
At run time when the user clicks on the button I want a form to appear
in the second area. The point is I want be able to position form2 to
be in a specific position relative to form1.
How can I do this in Delphi6?
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What about MDI? Multiple Document Interface?
It's described in the help file.
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Kevin Pollard
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:20 am Post subject: Re: How do I place form2 within form1? |
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[email]spam (AT) wildpeaks (DOT) com[/email] (Cecile Muller) wrote in message news:<aff31ac6.0311072303.61174af6 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...
| Quote: | I want form2 to act like a subform of form1.
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But do you really need to use a second form, maybe a simple Panel
could fit, make is invisible at startup and change its Visible value
for showing/hiding it, and you wouldn't need to set its position as
it's done automatically thanks to the anchors.
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This sounds like a good idea and is easy to understand.
The particular application is a simple one. I would have a main form
and about 4 or 5 other forms. Has anyone tried this with a more
complex application - with 30 or so forms.
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