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Child Form not Centering 18 Years Ago by bcheath_1 … procedure. Here is the code I used. frmMain.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent This line is placed after I declare frmMain as a… Center form in split container 14 Years Ago by samir_ibrahim ….Panel2 Me.SplitContainer1.Panel2.Controls.Add(frm_Login) frm_Login.StartPosition=FormStartPosition.CenterParent ''frm_Login.StartPosition=FormStartPosition.CenterScreen frm_Login.Show [/CODE] Should I do… How to set up a modal dialog form 12 Years Ago by ddanbe … keypress) BorderStyle = FixedDialog MinimizeBox = false MaximizeBox = false ShowInTaskBar = false StartPosition = CenterParent You could even make a project item template out of… Help in setting parent and child form 12 Years Ago by timosoft … to do this because the other forms start position is CenterParent. but as it is now when i run the program… Re: Center Form of Main Form 13 Years Ago by codeorder …: [CODE]Form2.ShowDialog()[/CODE] ...and setting the StartPosition to "CenterParent" in Form2's Properties, will work. However, using just… if setting the Form2's Properties for StartPosition to "CenterParent", will NOT WORK. I am sure there are ways… Re: Need help >>>>>> 13 Years Ago by darkagn You can set the Form's StartPosition property to CenterScreen, CenterParent, WindowsDefaultLocation or WindowsDefaultBounds. Alternatively you can use the Location property … often in your situation I tend to use the StartPosition.CenterParent option. Re: Forms 14 Years Ago by sknake There is a property on the form itself called "StartPosition" -- Set it to center parent. [code=c#] this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterParent; [/code] Re: Display Limited Number of Links In A ListView Control? 14 Years Ago by sknake … (Form f = (Form)Activator.CreateInstance(sr.FormType)) { f.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent; f.ShowDialog(); } } private void buttonNext_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { curPage… Re: Center parent out of screen resolution[Helpp] 13 Years Ago by leahrose87 Just set your Parent form property using this code: [CODE] 'if you want your other form to be in the center of your Parent form Me.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent 'if you want your form to be display in the center of the screen Me.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen [/CODE] Re: Center parent out of screen resolution[Helpp] 13 Years Ago by xfrolox Me.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen goes to center and it works but Me.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent works but still doesn't go with the program when it is cut against the screen resolution.. Re: Center parent out of screen resolution[Helpp] 13 Years Ago by xfrolox … first form, i can do that to make position in CenterParent but when i put it against the resolution of the… Re: Center Form of Main Form 13 Years Ago by RenanLazarotto Hm... seems that if you set Start Position to "CenterParent" you have te same result! (: Re: Center Form of Main Form 13 Years Ago by TechSupportGeek [QUOTE=RenanLazarotto;1434826]Hm... seems that if you set Start Position to "CenterParent" you have te same result! (:[/QUOTE] That is the case, indeed, but I think what codeorder wanted to demonstrate here is the use of Functions. :) Re: Login by a separate form 13 Years Ago by Mitja Bonca …, EventArgs e) { using (Form2 form2 = new Form2()) { form2.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent; if (form2.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { //LOGIN SUCCEEDED //ENABLE THINGS HERE… Re: Show a form at the center of the screen 12 Years Ago by Netcode Have you tried setting the start position to centerParent? Re: How to Create Modal Form ? 11 Years Ago by tinstaafl ….FixedDialog; Name = "Form2"; StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterParent; Text = ""; I included a cancel button. It's… Re: Child Form not Centering 18 Years Ago by adrcam I know you probably already tried this, but just for the record, try inserting a breakpoint and follow the code line by line to see if the child form is being placed in that position when it is loaded or some other code is changing its position. Don't forget to follow even the "Windows Forms Designer generated code" for the child form … Re: Child Form not Centering 18 Years Ago by bcheath_1 adrcam, Thanks for the suggestion, but you were correct; I had already tried walking through the code. However, I was unable to find anything out of the ordinary. So, if anybody else has a suggestion, please share it. Thanks, bcheath_1 Re: Child Form not Centering 18 Years Ago by waynespangler look at these might help: [url]http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread354590.html[/url] [url]http://dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/46/230816.aspx[/url] Re: Child Form not Centering 15 Years Ago by Scott Barry I know this thread is very old now, but I suspect there are still people out there struggling with this problem just like I've been... So I thought I'd do my bit of community service. What I finally found to allow you to at least arbitrarily place a new MDI child window anywhere on an MDI parent is the following sequence after having created a … Re: Child Form not Centering 15 Years Ago by Jx_Man well great for help, but this section for vb.net so please write code in vb.net code not in c# friend :) Re: Child Form not Centering 14 Years Ago by mcspidy "Here's what I've used in the past to center MDI Child Forms Dim MDIChildForm As New FormName 'Where FormName is the name of the MDI Child Form MDIChildForm.MdiParent = Me MDIChildForm.Show() Dim BorderWidth As Integer = (Me.Width - Me.ClientSize.Width) Dim BorderHeight As Integer = (Me.… Re: Child Form not Centering 14 Years Ago by Mortimern You can do it like this to deside where in the mainform your childform should start: In your mainform add this: Public class yourclass Public locat As Drawing.Point Private sub form_load locat = me.location In your child form: private sub form_load me.location = mainformname.locat + new.point(x, y) x and y sets where the childform … Re: Help in setting parent and child form 12 Years Ago by Smith5646 The idea of children windows is so that many windows can be open and manipulated at the same time. If you want the app to halt while the child window is open, you should use a dialog box, not a child window. Re: How to set up a modal dialog form 10 Years Ago by ddanbe Correction: **BorderStyle** should be **FormBorderStyle**