Placing Image control in MDI form

Question

Hi,

I have placed an image controls in center the mdi. But when I an opening a child form the form form appears below the image control.

Please help ???

Answer 1

Once the outer form is an MdiParent, the mdiclient area will expand to fill all space not used by other containers. So you'll either need to put the image somewhere else (e.g., a panel docked to the left, separated by a Splitter from the mdi client area) or not put the image on child forms.

Answer 2

This is the way MDI forms work in .NET. According to my copy of Professional VB 2005 (Wrox), "in VB.NET, an MDI parent can contain any control that a regular form can contain. Buttons, labels, and the like can be placed directly on the MDI surface. Such controls will appear in front of any MDI child forms that are displayed in the MDI client area" (emphasis mine)

I imagine what you're trying to do is have some kind of logo appear in the client area in the MDI form? In this case, you will need to draw this in the form's Paint event rather than using an Image control.