Formatting elements on a form

[Guest_imported]

Is there a way to place elements such as buttons and text boxes on a form in such a way that they remain formatted even when the form window is maximized or resized?

 

[aoven]

Hi!
In VB there is no straightforward way. In Delphi, there is.
In VB, you will have to write your own code to reposition controls. You can put this code in the form's Resize event.

Aleksander

 

[MrEGuest]

There are other options. There are several third party ocx controls that you can site on a given form and they'll handle most of the resizing for you.

The downside is that they're usually not freeware and can sometimes be a pain to configure.

Do some searching on the net for one that may fir your needs.

Josh

 

[MikeCox]

It's a pain to code each control's position during Resize(), but another (less flexible and less cosmetic) way is to place small groups of controls in a PictureBox (BorderStyle = 0-None), and just move the PictueBoxes in the Resize() event. The result is similar to Netscape 6.0 dialogs, where the right/left of the controls maintain a set distance from the form's right/left, but it doesn't displace the controls perfectly as if you're 'zooming' in on the form. Just another thought for u...

~Mike
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[Guest_imported]

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