[DUG] Window maximised in the slightly Claytons sense

[Stacey Verner]

Opps. What I meant to say was, that "to fix it" I put everything on a
panel...

Stacey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz 
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On Behalf Of Stacey Verner
> Sent: Friday, 19 August 2005 10:58
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: RE: [DUG] Window maximised in the slightly Claytons sense
> 
> 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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