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[Sri charan]

Hello
Iam new to the app dev in vb.I need to develop an MDI application with six child windows in it.
I would like the app to look exactly like a VB IDE.with a proj explorer,code window and some other tool windows.Iam unable to get them in palce.Any suggestions abt how do i proceed with this ?
TIA
Sri charan

[Cakkie]

You will need to determine where each form needs to come, and how large they must be. In the example given, I place 1 form on the left (which has the entire height of the screen, 1 at the bottom, 3 at the right side, and 1 in the middle

private sub ReArrangeWindows()
dim lH as long 'height
dim lW as long 'width
lh = frmMain.ScaleHeight ' frmMain is the MDI form
lw = frmMain.ScaleWidth

form1.left = 0 ' form1 is the left form
form1.top = 0
form1.height = lh
form1.width = lw / 5

form2.left = form1.width ' form2 is the form at the bottom
form2.top = lh / 5 * 4
form2.height = lh / 5
form2.width = lw / 5 * 3

form3.left = lw / 5 * 4 ' form3 is the top form at the left
form3.top = 0
form3.height = lh / 3
form3.width = lw / 5

form4.left = lw / 5 * 4 ' form4 is the middle form at the left
form4.top = lh / 3
form4.height = lh / 3
form4.width = lw / 5

form5.left = lw / 5 * 4 ' form5 is the bottom form at the left
form5.top = lh / 3 * 2
form5.height = lh / 3
form5.width = lw / 5

form6.left = lw / 5 ' form6 is the middle form
form6.top = 0
form6.height = lh / 5 * 4
form6.width = lw / 5 * 3

End Sub




Tom Cannaerts
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[Sri charan]

Tom,
thanx a lot for your reply but,I wanted to know how the windows appear as if they are together,like, the proj explorer and properties windows in the vb ide.(those appear as if they are of same form)
TIA
Sri charan

[John G Duffy]

You are talking about Dockable forms. Go to Planet-Source-Code.com/vb and search on "Dockable" (without the quotes of course).
Also try FreeVBCOde.com and MSVP.org for examples of creating DOckable forms.

John G