I have a tabbed MDI application.I want to know how to programatically put the scrollbar of the MDI parent at the top of the screen.

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I have a tabbed MDI application.Now the scrollbar appears after logging into the application.Now if the user scrolls down or sideways the childforms get opened at different position so I want to programatically put scrollbar to the top of the page or to the left of the screen before opening the childform.Though I am trying to change the scrollbar value of MDI parent form it is not putting the scrollbar at the top of the page.Need to know how to achieve this goal.

Posted 4-Feb-14 3:54am

Up_CrossYourHeart

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S Houghtelin 4-Feb-14 10:11am

You say you are trying to set the scrollbar value, could you provide some code for us to look at. It may be that you are setting the value too early or prior to displaying the MDI children.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Feb-14 11:25am

Most likely, this is not MDI at all, and this is good: MDI should be avoided by all means. The answer to your question depends on what UI framework/library you use.
—SA

Up_CrossYourHeart 4-Feb-14 11:41am

No it is MDI.For frmMain we have kept the isMdiContainer property set to true.

Up_CrossYourHeart 4-Feb-14 11:25am

I have frmMain as Mdi parent.The childform's have autoscroll property set to false.Now prior to opening the form and also after opening the form I set
frmMain.verticalscroll.value=0
Still the scrollbar remains at same position.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Feb-14 11:42am

Don't. Just don't have anything as MDI parent. Tabbed interface assumes that all windows are normal.
Anyway, further discussion makes no sense at all, until you specify what you are using.
You did not mention a single class you use for UI, no namespace, nothing. There is nothing to talk about...
—SA

Up_CrossYourHeart 6-Feb-14 1:06am

As the solution have been developed 3 years back it would be difficult to change it from mdi at such a short time.is there any temporary solution?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Feb-14 1:14am

I don't think it is MDI. And "3 ears back" is not the excuse. Maybe, just the opposite, it could become apparently obsolete. Or not, but then why re-touching it? What is it, an year worth of work?
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Feb-14 1:16am

By the way, most decent applications I knew were re-written two or three times. Saving time on reusing old bad code is a common myth. And complete re-writing is one of the way to save a lot of time. Surprised?
—SA

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