[DUG] Window maximised in the slightly Claytons sense

[Paul McKenzie]

Can you, in the FormShow, post the form a Resize message ... should arrive late enough - hopefully.

Regards
Paul McKenzie
Wellington
New Zealand


Stacey Verner wrote:
> I have found that if you have a fairly complex form with lots of nested
> panels, then maximising a form when the application starts seems to
> fail, and things get left behind. I have a panel in the back containg
> all of the components and then do the following.
> 
> pBack.Align := alNone;
> WindowsState := wsMaximised;
> pBack.Align := alClient;
> 
> "pBack" is the background panel.
> 
> You may need a ProcessMessages.
> 
> I have also found that anchors really stuff when you resize a form on
> creatio, but if you have an Aligned Panel with anchored controls on it
> the anchors work fine.
> 
> Stacey
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz 
>>[mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On Behalf Of Wayne Roser
>>Sent: Friday, 19 August 2005 9:03
>>To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>>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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