Help Please; Form positioning

Looking for some help on Form positioning;

How would I code the following?

On Form Exit;
-Save new form position.

On Form Load;
-Check to see if the form was saved on a multiple monitor setup
- is the monitor present, -if true
-is the form visible
-if true, do nothing.
-if false, reset to center of that screen
- is the monitor present, -if false
-reset to center screen of primary monitor
-is the form visible
-if true, do nothing.
-if false, reset to center of that screen

To save and reload settings, use the Settings class.

To find out multi-mon details, use the Screen class. Find out details and code snippets in msdn (http://msdn.microsoft.com).

Thanks Arjay

Almost as helpful as Google.

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Originally Posted by SteveyD

Thanks Arjay

Almost as helpful as Google.

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You're welcome, except with google you don't have any idea of what to search for. I've given you the two key classes for solving the problem: saving/loading the data and how to determine whether you're running on multi-mon.

I suggest starting with learning how to use the settings class and write a simple windows form app that positions the form on startup based on the last position it was saved before closing. You'll want to override the OnLoad and OnClose events.

Once you tackle that part of the problem, then use the Screen class to detect the multi-mon part of the problem.

Feel free to work with us on the site and post additional questions. As always any positive feedback that you may have to the volunteers on this site are always appreciated.

I found and implemented the following code to deal with form location, now I need to solve the issue of multiple monitor and whether the form was closed on a screen that is not currently present.

using Settings.settings
WindowGeometry
WindowGeometryOpen
WindowGeometrySearch

as type String
as scope User

Code:

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public TextWindow()
{
    // TextWindow is this form's name.
    // Your form will have a different name most likely.
    InitializeComponent();
    GeometryFromString(Properties.Settings.Default.WindowGeometry, this);
}

void TextWindow_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
    // persist our geometry string.
    Properties.Settings.Default.WindowGeometry = GeometryToString(this);
    Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
}

public static void GeometryFromString(string thisWindowGeometry, Form formIn)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(thisWindowGeometry) == true)
    {
        return;
    }
    string[] numbers = thisWindowGeometry.Split('|');
    string windowString = numbers[4];
    if (windowString == "Normal")
    {
        Point windowPoint = new Point(int.Parse(numbers[0]),
            int.Parse(numbers[1]));
        Size windowSize = new Size(int.Parse(numbers[2]),
            int.Parse(numbers[3]));

        bool locOkay = GeometryIsBizarreLocation(windowPoint, windowSize);
        bool sizeOkay = GeometryIsBizarreSize(windowSize);

        if (locOkay == true && sizeOkay == true)
        {
            formIn.Location = windowPoint;
            formIn.Size = windowSize;
            formIn.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual;
            formIn.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
        }
        else if (sizeOkay == true)
        {
            formIn.Size = windowSize;
        }
    }
    else if (windowString == "Maximized")
    {
        formIn.Location = new Point(100, 100);
        formIn.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual;
        formIn.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;
    }
}

private static bool GeometryIsBizarreLocation(Point loc, Size size)
{
    bool locOkay;
    if (loc.X < 0 || loc.Y < 0)
    {
        locOkay = false;
    }
    else if (loc.X + size.Width > Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width)
    {
        locOkay = false;
    }
    else if (loc.Y + size.Height > Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height)
    {
        locOkay = false;
    }
    else
    {
        locOkay = true;
    }
    return locOkay;
}

private static bool GeometryIsBizarreSize(Size size)
{
    return (size.Height <= Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height &&
        size.Width <= Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width);
}

public static string GeometryToString(Form mainForm)
{
    return mainForm.Location.X.ToString() + "|" +
        mainForm.Location.Y.ToString() + "|" +
        mainForm.Size.Width.ToString() + "|" +
        mainForm.Size.Height.ToString() + "|" +
        mainForm.WindowState.ToString();
}

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to save the info for the screen the form was on when it last closed;

Screen.AllScreens.Count(); //gets the total multiple screen count

string CurrentScreenName = Screen.FromControl(this).DeviceName; //gets the name of the screen the form is on, or was last on?

Screen CurrentScreen = Screen.FromControl(this); // gets the current screen object


How could I use this info to;

1. save screen name on exit/form unload.
2. when the form loads, check to see if the screen name exists/is visible..