I recently upgraded an application from VB 6 to VB.Net.  
Everything seems to be fine except this annoying problem.  
All the child forms (its an MDI application) have their
size changed when in runtime mode.  It seems that they are
all being resized to the same size.  Any help with this
situation is appreciated.

Hi,

I was not able to reproduce the problem. Try isolating the problem by:

1. Create a new project and import each of the following from the
problematic and check which of them is causing the problem.  

- a child form
- the MDI container form

2. If none of the above is causing the problem, try creating a new project
and imports all the forms into the new project to see if this is caused by
project settings.

HTH.

Regards,
Yan Liu
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I to have had the same problem and have tried to follow those steps to fix
it... no luck

I would like to look into this issue, can you help me recreate the problem
on my side? Anything that I should pay special attention to?

Regards,
Yan Liu
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Yan-

It just happened when i converted my VB6 MDI application
to .Net using the wizard.  I can send you a small
application if you want to see it.  

Thanks.

Kevin Richardson

recreate the problem

Hi Kevin,

Sorry for my late response.

The problem is caused by the following statement:

Me.StartPosition =
System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.WindowsDefaultBounds

According to MSDN:
===
WindowsDefaultBounds - The form is positioned at the Windows default
location and has the bounds determined by Windows default.

So you are seeing by-design behavior. To fix the problem, you can change it
according to the options available to you:

CenterParent - The form is centered within the bounds of its parent form.
CenterScreen - The form is centered on the current display, and has the
dimensions specified in the form's size.
Manual - The location and size of the form will determine its starting
position.
WindowsDefaultBounds - The form is positioned at the Windows default
location and has the bounds determined by Windows default.
WindowsDefaultLocation - The form is positioned at the Windows default
location and has the dimensions specified in the form's size.

I think both Manual and WindowsDefaultLocation will work for you.

HTH.

Regards,
Yan Liu
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