Is it possible to resize my controls on my form when I run it? The problem I have is that I have created a windows application which has a maximize state on all forms but on some machines my controls go missing (mostly on widescreen laptops). Ideally some way of resizing my controls would probably be best? So is that possible?
View 10 RepliesWhere is the best place to resize a control on a form when a form is resized?....I'm currently using the Form1_SizeChanged event and seems to work ok. Also is there any need to check in the forms resize event if the form is in a minimized state before resizing controls?.,.. in VB6 if you try to resize a control when the form is minimized you get an error, but I don't see that happening in BV10 Form1_SizeChanged event, does VB10 automatically ignore resizing controls when a form is minimized or something?
View 2 RepliesI have a program that has a TabControl on it. There is code to resize all the controls on the form when the window is resized, regardless of what tab is selected in the TabControl. My issue is that the form will only resize the controls on the selected tab. So if the window is maximized, for example, it will resize the controls on the selected tab, but if the user changes tabs, the new tab will still have the original, non-maximized sizes on it. This works the same with un-maximizing the form, the controls on other tabs will remain the size they are supposed to be when the form is maximized. Here's some example pseudo-code to give you an idea. Assume button1 is on tab1 and button2 is on tab 2.
sub form_resize()
button1.width = x
button2.width = x2
button1.height = y
button2.height = y2
end sub
So the code is supposed to resize all controls regardless of the tab. But if tab 1 is selected it will visually resize button1 but it wont resize button2. To counter this, I simply made the form resize by 1 pixel and then move back to the original size when the user changes tabs. BUT this wont work for maximizing/un-maximizing the form. I tried telling it to detect window state on tab select so if the form is maximized, it will un-maximize it, perform the resize, and re-maximize the form but this doesnt seem to work.
automate this somehow so that regardless of selected tab or window state, all controls will be resized to the proper, current form size?
find a way of resizing my form + controls. I did manage to resize the form and all controls (only standard controls in visual studio) i could get the dotNetBar material to resize?
View 1 RepliesHow can we resize and relocate controls on form when form is resized by the user ?
View 2 RepliesI was an idiot and designed my VB app on a 17inch monitor in a 1280X1024 resolution completely forgetting about what it would like on another machine. This might be a long shot, but is there an easy way to get the resolution of the users monitor and re-size the controls and form accordingly?
View 4 RepliesHow would i make so when the user resizes the form the controls on the form resizes to what ever(ex: form become full screen textbox is full screen.
View 2 Repliesi want to when in run time i resize the form manually all the controls in the form to resize automatically so how can i do that?
View 1 RepliesDoes anyone know how to make the controls on an MDI Child form resize along with the form itself? I inherited a project from another developer and I was asked specifically to make the form resize. With advice I received on this forum I now have the form resizing as expected. It will minimize, restore and maximize as well as resize with the mouse pointer.
The problem is that when I increase the size of the form all I get is more blank space on the screen. The controls to do change at all. Although I thin this is normal behavior for a Windows form my bosses all seem to think that the controls resize on every other widows for they see. I wondered if anyone had successfully accomplished this. I was already advised to write a FormResize handling subroutine and this unfortunately did not work.
i have a windows form on which i have
1. COmbobox
2. Date picker
3 button
4 datagridview
when my form loads, i have set the property to maximize, but how do i make the datagridview width and height(bottom) resize when the form is resized.
how do i make the height of listview automatically resize, when the form is maximized? The anchor property does not work well with this listview because it is a custom control. Does anyone knows how to programmatically resize the height of a listview whenever the user maximizes the parent form like this picture:
View 4 RepliesHow to auto resize form, image and controls on different resolution using visual basic dotnet code.
View 1 RepliesAnyone knows how to change the Forms and controls of the project as the Screen resolution of the computer changes?
View 1 Repliesi have a win form application in vb.net. it works fine but trouble comes when i change my screen resolutions.
How to resize my controls and form according to my screen resolution...?
how to adjust my controls according to screen size...?
From this forum I saw some discussions about form/controls resizing issue with different resolution screen setting. Most suggestions are using Anchor/Dock. My application's form has 10 group boxes and some buttons. In each group box there are 5 Text boxes and other more controls. I tried anchor and dock but couldn't make it work. My questions are -
1, How to re-size form and all individual controls as well?
2, If anchor/Dock are suggested, do i have to use both of them or just one? it seems to me there is no big difference between them.
All my forms inherits from one base form where we handle background paint and set standard properties. Recently, I think of cheching if the app is running on Vista or Later to use Segoe UI font, and I added this. The problem is than inherited forms changed sizes and their inner controls changed also... even PictureBoxes! The controls and forms seems to be thinner (in width), so square picturebox became vertical rectangules!
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I have been searching for a solution to this but I can't find one. I have played with the anchor and dock properties but they are not doing what I want, so here goes... I would like to place and size all of my controls on my form and then when the form is re-sized during run time (different resolutions, full screen/windowed, etc), have everything just scale up or down accordingly. Anchoring the controls to all four sides of my form re-sizes the control properly but it doesn't move it's location in sync with the other control's size next to it, they begin to overlap each other. Am I going to have to code my own scaling code for each control in my program?
View 5 Replieswe all know how to dock or anchor controls so that they resize themselves accordingly when a form is resized. It works fine till we have rows of controls on left and right size of the form. But what if have three columns (Columns as in visual sense. I'm not talking about any column control containing other controls) of controls? For example a form having a bunch of controls in the left side, a bunch in the middle and a bunch in the right. There may be a few more bunches in the middle. Now while resizing the form, I want the controls to resize accordingly as well as change their positions to make space for the previous bunch of controls that are resizing.I mean, while the user increases the form size horizontally, the controls of the second bunch should resize and at the same time they should move right because the controls of the first bunch are increasing horizontally too. When the user decreases the form size horizontally the same thing should occur in the reverse order.I can manage it somehow using nested splitcontainers but that's too cumbersome. I would like to know if there's some better way to achieve it, like setting some property etc.?
View 3 RepliesI am creating an application for a company and this CD will be distributed to hundreds of people. Many users will have different computer screen size and different screen settings such as their resolution set to 1024 x 728 and their monitor size 17" inches.
I noticed when I loaded the application on a different computer with different settings the application was to big for the screen and did not work. I notice that lot of other programs from microsoft resize their controls and text but never knew how they did it. How can I resize the form and control according to the user's setting.
What is the best way to resize & move a form using just VB commands? I have a form that I need to set the Height and Top props, problem is that takes two calls and there is a noticable flicker. I tried using SuspendLayout/ResumeLayout, DoubleBuffered, swaping the top and height calls around, etc, but nothing seems to help. The test forms only have one small listview and one or two buttons. [Code]
View 2 RepliesIf btnExpand.Checked = True Then
Do While Me.Width < 860
Me.Width = Me.Width + 10
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the code does what it's supposed to do and the end result is as expected. However.. when I use this code.. my form starts to flicker during the expanding process. I have a custom background set. And you can really see it stretching out as it's supposed to, but the entire form flashes white , black , white , black and I can see horizontal lines between the form aswell. perhaps a command like, System.Screenupdating = false ?
Im so in to webbrowsers in vb2010 and i need help with a problem. The problem is when i resize my form my buttons wont size so my buttons just dissapear. i need help to make when i resize the form my buttons will resize to.
View 2 RepliesWhat I want to do is setup a form to act like a control panel. When it loads I do not want it to be more than 94px in height but when the maximize button is pressed I would like it to expand the width of the screen. I was thinking I could do this with an "onload" event in the main form but not sure how to do it.
View 4 RepliesI have a project with 2 Forms. Form1 with 2 SplitContainers and the code below to show the Form2 inside SplitContainer2.Panel2. Form2 with no borders and orange color.
Public Class Form1
Declare Auto Function SetParent Lib "user32" (ByVal hWndChild As IntPtr, ByVal nWndPArent As IntPtr) As Integer
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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I want to resize Form2 when change Form1 size by mouse.I use frm.Size = SplitContainer2.Panel2.Size but look in pictures what happen:This is Form1 without Form2 inside Panel2 This is the application in first run. Form2 showed in Panel2 with orange color.The size is OK (frm.Size = SplitContainer2.Panel2.Size)Now i have change the size of Form1 with mouse click (or move form corner).Look the Form2 in Panel2. Didn't change size. Stay in first run size.How to change the size of Form2 when i change the size of Form1?
I made a program on a computer with a big screen.I set it to open in 'maxamized state' , and I took away the top, so you can't close/resize/minimize it. How can I get the form to automatically resize to the screen size??
2) Is it possible to make a form ( in visual basic express edition 2011) not close when user shuts down computer and/or logs-off ...maybe run in back grond..?
3) Is there a code ( in visual basic express edition 2011) that can make the program start automatically when a user logs-in ?
4) Is there a code that can make something happen (e.g. play music, etc.) from e.g. 7:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Inside a form, I would like to display a pdf file which is already available in my resources (template file "untitled"). In this pdf file, I have some fields which get their values from some texboxes in another form. My aim is, when the user triggers the button to call this form, it should insert the values inside the pdf file and display the output pdf inside the form.I have written the code to an extend but could not finish it myself after my many trials... Now here are the two things I cannot manage:I can use a directory to read the template pdf "untitled1.pdf". But my aim is to use the file inside my resources. can save the output file in a directory but this is not I want to do. I want to display the output pdf.
View 1 Repliesim am working on a form with a few textboxes and buttons, the problem is when the form is resized or maximized the controls stay small. If someone could please show me how to resize the controls as the form is being resized.
View 2 RepliesI have created a custom control in visual studio 2005. It contains a picture box with and image in it with 2 text boxes on top. I want to be able to resize this image by selecting the edge and clicking and dragging it.
View 1 RepliesI am creating an application where I can move resize controls around and this way set up an application. I need to know how to select a control (e.g.: textbox, button...) at runtime as I would do in Visual Studio for example.Then once I could do this the next question would be how can I change the icon of the mouse when it goes onto such control?
View 1 RepliesI would like to resize to increase or decrease font size in a form.Is there a way that one can also scale up this with repect to the controls the fonts are in.
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