[DUG] Window maximised in the slightly Claytons sense

[Dennis Chuah]

Design the Form so that its WindowState is set to wsNormal.

Then in the FormShow event, set the form WindowState to wsMaximised.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Roser" <rr at kristin.school.nz>
To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz>
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:02 AM
Subject: [DUG] Window maximised in the slightly Claytons sense


>I have an app that I want to start off maximised so I set the main form
> WindowState to wsMaximized at design time. (Delphi 6 pro)
>
> On my screen, winXP pro with all possible display options set to "windows
> classic", this is fine.
> On other machines, winXP and all possible defaults left just as they were
> installed, the top of the form sits below the top of the screen and more
> than half of the status bar on my main form sits behind that big chunky 3D
> start bar. If I normalize and maximize, bingo, just like a bought one,
> just what I would've wanted at the beginning.
>
> Can anyone tell me what's going wrong? I put a lot of really useful stuff
> (IMOhSoHO) in that status bar [bottom lip out and quivering; arms folded;
> head turned away].
>
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