Opening an MDI child in the parent window

[rexroth]

I'm a beginner and I can't find how to open an MDI Child in an MDI parent window. I like to use the GUI interface to create forms and set properties but all I can find in tutorials is ways to create forms programatically. I'm sure it's simple, I just can't find it.

 

[wickerman]

It's pretty easy... In this instance, a menu creates a new instance of formMDIChild as myChildForm. Standard disclaimers apply... ;-)

private void menuOpenChild_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        //declare and instantiate myChildForm as a new
        //instance of frmMDIChild
        frmMDIChild myChildForm = new frmMDIChild();

        //tell myChildForm that its parent object is
        //the object that contains my menu (i.e., "this")
        myChildForm.MdiParent = this;

        //now load and show it - badda-boom
        myChildForm.Show();
    }

Carter Wickstrom
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