VB.NET form location
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I have a small application that I am running in the system tray using the NotifyIcon control. That functionality is working well. The form is set to Minimize initially and shown when the user clicks the tray icon. The problem is where the form displays. I want it to display in the lower right corner of the screen right above the system tray. Here is the code used to display the form: Private Sub frmMain_Activated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Activated Me.SetDesktopLocation(My.Computer.Screen.WorkingArea.Width - Me.Width, My.Computer.Screen.WorkingArea.Height - Me.Height) End Sub I have also tried: Me.Left = SystemInformation.WorkingArea.Width - Me.Width Me.Top = SystemInformation.WorkingArea.Height - Me.Height I have tried both sets of code in both Activate and Form Load. Because of the "start minimized" nature of the app, initially both result in a Top and Left of -32000 because the form is not technically shown. At least that's my take. It's only off by half the form the FIRST time the form is shown and then it jumps to where I want it to be from then on. I've tried to show the form, then quickly hide it but this seems ridiculous. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Joe
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I have a small application that I am running in the system tray using the NotifyIcon control. That functionality is working well. The form is set to Minimize initially and shown when the user clicks the tray icon. The problem is where the form displays. I want it to display in the lower right corner of the screen right above the system tray. Here is the code used to display the form: Private Sub frmMain_Activated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Activated Me.SetDesktopLocation(My.Computer.Screen.WorkingArea.Width - Me.Width, My.Computer.Screen.WorkingArea.Height - Me.Height) End Sub I have also tried: Me.Left = SystemInformation.WorkingArea.Width - Me.Width Me.Top = SystemInformation.WorkingArea.Height - Me.Height I have tried both sets of code in both Activate and Form Load. Because of the "start minimized" nature of the app, initially both result in a Top and Left of -32000 because the form is not technically shown. At least that's my take. It's only off by half the form the FIRST time the form is shown and then it jumps to where I want it to be from then on. I've tried to show the form, then quickly hide it but this seems ridiculous. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Joe
Screens.PrimaryScreen might be what you need.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Screens.PrimaryScreen might be what you need.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
I am correctly reading the size of the screen (only one in play, here). The actual assignment fails on initial load due to the minimized nature of the app. Once the form is fully shown, the properties are set correctly and, after that, it displays in the correct location. Joe
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I am correctly reading the size of the screen (only one in play, here). The actual assignment fails on initial load due to the minimized nature of the app. Once the form is fully shown, the properties are set correctly and, after that, it displays in the correct location. Joe
Joe Surls wrote:
Once the form is fully shown, the properties are set correctly and, after that, it displays in the correct location.
Can't you just set the form's Visible property to False, then "show" it as you do now, and finally set the Visible property to True?
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