Re: More mdi fun

after some digging, it appears that left is always reverting back to 2 and
top is reverting to 23. in the child windows that is

Very weird.


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> OK, I think what you need to do is something like this
>
> childform - I'm assuming this is a variable you use to create all your
> forms? Since this is only one var it may not be pointing to the right
> child
> form
>
> You might want to try something like this - it works with Delphi cause
> that's what I have at work (I wish it was Kylix).
>
> Note: This only works with 4 forms, if you have more than that you have to
> change the divisor (2).
> (eg. if you have 9 forms change it to 3)
>
> var
>    i: Integer;
>    frm: TForm2;
>    ileft, itop: Integer;
>    iheight, iwidth: Integer;
> begin
>    ileft := 0;
>    itop := 0;
>    iheight := (ClientHeight - Panel1.Height -5) div 2;
>    iwidth := (ClientWidth -5) div 2;
>    for i := 0 to pred(MDIChildCount) do // or MDIChildCount -1
>    begin
>      if MDIChildren[i] is TForm2 then
>      begin
>        frm := (MDIChildren[i] as TForm2);
>        frm.Top := itop;
>        frm.Width := iwidth; // for spacing
>        frm.Height := iheight; // for panel
>        frm.Left := ileft;
>        ileft := ileft + frm.Width;
>        if (ileft + frm.Width -5) >
> ClientWidth then
>        begin
>          ileft := 0;
>          itop := itop +
> frm.Height;
>        end;
>      end;
>    end;
>
> At 09:11 AM 02/13/03 -0800, you wrote:
> >Woops, help if I set it to be readable eh? :)
> >
> >tbvertical and tbhorizontal aren't in CLX unfortunately
> >
> >but I can't use them anyways
> >
> >I only want to tile certain windows, while leaving others minimized.
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I get a 403 Forbidden on the first two images and a 404 not
> found error on
> > > the last one
> > >
> > > Have you tried this
> > >
> > >    TileMode := tbVertical; // or tbHorizontal
> > >    Tile;
> > >
> > > you can also do Cascade; and ArrangeIcons; (Don't need to set
> the tileMode
> > > on those)
> > >
> > > Since I can't see the pictures I'm not sure what you are doing
> but the
> > > screen shots of your app look like you do this.
> > >
> > > Ken
> > >
> > >
> > > At 08:33 AM 02/13/03 -0800, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >ok ;)
> > > >
> > > >This should be simple, but it's resisting me
> > > >
> > > >I have two forms I want to resize and reposition
> > > >http://kychat.sourceforge.net/before_tile.png
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >// this works fine (once you adjust for any button bars
> etc
> > > >childform.height := mainform.clientheight div 2;
> > > >childform.width := mainform.clientheight div 2;
> > > >
> > > >//but this...
> > > >childform.left := 1;
> > > >childform.top := 1;
> > > >
> > > >this _should_ move the form to the top left corner no?
> > > >
> > > >what happens is that it gives me the right height/width,
> but for some
> > > >reason the
> > > >controls inside the form are now off center.
> > > >http://kychat.sourceforge.net/after_tile.png
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >but when I click on it, things reseat.
> > > >http://kychat.sourceforge.net/before_tile_and_click.png
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >yet, the form's position hasn't budged.
> > > >
> > > >Any clues?
> > > >
> > > >
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