DialogBars & MDI

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   A customer likes the DialogBars but does not like the fact that a MDI child window can slide underneath the DialogBar (uploads/20080617_040244_2008-06-17_1000.zip). Is there a way to prevent this? 

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VDF1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 November 2007 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote VDF1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: DialogBars & MDI Posted: 17 June 2008 at 4:04am
	A customer likes the DialogBars but does not like the fact that a MDI child window can slide underneath the DialogBar (uploads/20080617_040244_2008-06-17_1000.zip). Is there a way to prevent this?
	Kind Regards, Vincent Oorsprong Data Access Europe B.V. Lansinkesweg 4 7553 AE Hengelo Netherlands +31-74-2555609

younicke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 107	Post Options Post Reply Quote younicke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 June 2008 at 4:45am
	you could try using TabWorkSpace and then EnableGroups on the TabWorkSpace. But take not that all MDI-child forms will always be maximized, no way to restore or minimize it. uploads/20080617_044529_tabworkspace_sa.zip

VDF1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 November 2007 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote VDF1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 June 2008 at 5:20am
	Thanks, but I tried the tabworkspaces and it makes no difference. I do not want to maximize the views in the MDI frame.
	Kind Regards, Vincent Oorsprong Data Access Europe B.V. Lansinkesweg 4 7553 AE Hengelo Netherlands +31-74-2555609

younicke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 March 2005 Status: Offline Points: 107	Post Options Post Reply Quote younicke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 June 2008 at 5:24am
	i dont know if there is a workaround... because that is the default behaviour of VB6. Even without commandbars, try putting a picturebox in the left of the MDI form and open your mdi-child forms, the same thing will happen as the problem you have stated. maybe oleg has some answers.

VDF1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 November 2007 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote VDF1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 June 2008 at 5:33am
	You are right that MDI children can be moved under the borders of main panel but that was/is never been a problem. With the dialogbar the users started to remark and complain. I've tested the maximizing of the MDI dialogs and send a screenshot to the customer. Maybe they like it. I don't since most of the dialogs will not use all the space and it start looking awfull then.
	Kind Regards, Vincent Oorsprong Data Access Europe B.V. Lansinkesweg 4 7553 AE Hengelo Netherlands +31-74-2555609

jpbro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1355	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpbro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 June 2008 at 3:36pm
	You might be able to subclass the MDIChild windows and consume WM_MOVE if the window would move outside the area you want to limit it to.
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6 Platform: Windows XP - SP3 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6