Client area of windows Form

[gajesh]

Hello,
I am developing a MDI form application in C#.
I want to create some child window form according to the parent Form size.
To get the height and width of main parent Form i am using "this.ClientSize.Width" & "this.ClientSize.Height", but somehow it is not excluding the size of Toolbar, MenuBar and scrollbar.

Please tell me the way to find the active client area of a MDI form.


thanks.
Gajesh

[Luthv]

Just find the the real mdiclient control from the form controls collection and use its clientsize property

            foreach (Control ctl in this.Controls)
            {
                if (ctl is MdiClient)
                {
                    MdiClient client = ctl as MdiClient;
                    Debug.WriteLine(ctl.ClientSize);
                    break;
                }
            }