Disabling resize when double clicking on title bar - how do I keep my app fullscreen Always.

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Bob - 23 Mar 2007 01:59 GMT

Hi all,

I wish to keep my application maximised at all times .. however right now
even though there is no control box double clicking on the title bar will
'free' the app and it can be dragged around the window. My poor users get
mightily confused in this situation as half the app hangs off the bottom of
the screen.

How can I ensure that no matter how much random clicking they do the
application will always be 'maximised'.

regards.

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Tony Wissler - 23 Mar 2007 02:49 GMT

Bob-

How about something quick and dirty like this:

Private Sub frmMain_SizeChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Me.SizeChanged
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
End Sub

I tested it out quickly and depending on the speed of the machine, every now
and again you may see a very short flicker but I did not see any form shrink
and then resize - just the occassional flicker.

If you come up with something better, let me know - I would deffinately be
interested.

Thanks-

Tony Wissler
tewissler@REMOVEME.gmail.com
Dad, MCP, MCSE

> Hi all,
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> regards.

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Bob - 26 Mar 2007 02:05 GMT

Thanks Tony,

I'm using your suggestion .. it keeps the Application the right size and
puts it back where I had it intended to be positioned ... it doesnt 'lock'
the App to window so it can be dragged around the screen still .. is there a
way to do this?

Or am I using this wrong...

private void ofsConsole_SizeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;
}

> Bob-
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> tewissler@REMOVEME.gmail.com
> Dad, MCP, MCSE

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Oli - 23 Mar 2007 11:23 GMT

...there's a "minsize" property on the form isn't there? - not ideal -
but best I can do ;)

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Tony Wissler - 23 Mar 2007 12:27 GMT

Your absolutely right and this may work better tthen the workaround I gave
above - but what if the screen resolution and/or screen format (standard vs
wide) on the user machines differ...

That was the problem I ran into when I had to battle an issue similar to
this for one Windows Form application I had the oppurtunity to work on.

> ...there's a "minsize" property on the form isn't there? - not ideal -
> but best I can do ;)

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