Thanks for that, but what I need to know is when the PARENT of my form is maximized or not, and when that state changes
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:53 PM Subject: RE: [DUG] Detecting Maximize/Restore of a parent > You could try something like: > > protected > procedure WMSysCommand(var Msg: TWMSysCommand); message WM_SYSCOMMAND; > > [...] > > procedure TForm1.WMSysCommand(var Msg: TWMSysCommand); > begin > inherited; > if ((Msg.CmdType and $FFF0) = SC_MAXIMIZE) or > ((Msg.CmdType and $FFF0) = SC_RESTORE) then > // do stuff here > end; > > This worked for me when I needed to know if the form was maximized or > restored (in my case). > > Hope it helps, > > JED > > -----Original Message----- > From: Trevor Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2 June 2004 2:33 PM > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: [DUG] Detecting Maximize/Restore of a parent > > > I have an app which is basically a wrapper and container for forms. > > These forms are parented by an area on the main form. > > Each of the forms has the ability to save information about control position > and size, and can do so for when the app is maximized, and when it isn't. > > If you use forms with lots of splitters or dynamically controlled control > sizes which are also persistent, you will know what I mean. > > So, if the main form is 800 by 600, one set of alignments is used. When > the app is maximized (which on my machine means 1280 by 1024), another set > of alignments come into force. > > I have all of the code to deal with the 2 situations, but am a little bit > stuck in how to find out when the maximized state of the parent (or parent's > parent) has changed. Currently I am using WM_SIZE, and walking the parent > list to find out whether or not the app's maximized state has changed, but > this seems ugly. Any suggestions? > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
