Changing default size & position for a MDI child at runtime ?

[Philippe Chessa]

Hi all,

I want to change at runtime the size & position of a MDI child window
(user's preferences)

I use the following code:

Form := TChildForm.Create(Application);
Form.Left := ...;
Form.Top := ...;
Form.Show;

the problem is that on slow machines, I can see the child window displayed
right after the create and then my changes apply.
I would like to avoid this flickering, which is not very neat.

I tried to insert a ShowMessage(Form.Handle, SW_HIDE) just after the
Create.
It's better but still I can see the form appearing very shortly.

Any idea for displaying my child window only when all settings are OK ?

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Thanks in advance
Best regards

Philippe Chessa

[Lama]

use the winapi function :

BOOL MoveWindow(

HWND hWnd, // handle of window
int X, // horizontal position
int Y, // vertical position
int nWidth, // width
int nHeight, // height
BOOL bRepaint // repaint flag
);

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