Opps. What I meant to say was, that "to fix it" I put everything on a panel...
Stacey > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stacey Verner > Sent: Friday, 19 August 2005 10:58 > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: RE: [DUG] Window maximised in the slightly Claytons sense > > I have found that if you have a fairly complex form with lots > of nested panels, then maximising a form when the application > starts seems to fail, and things get left behind. I have a > panel in the back containg all of the components and then do > the following. > > pBack.Align := alNone; > WindowsState := wsMaximised; > pBack.Align := alClient; > > "pBack" is the background panel. > > You may need a ProcessMessages. > > I have also found that anchors really stuff when you resize a > form on creatio, but if you have an Aligned Panel with > anchored controls on it the anchors work fine. > > Stacey > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Roser > > Sent: Friday, 19 August 2005 9:03 > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > > Subject: [DUG] Window maximised in the slightly Claytons sense > > > > I have an app that I want to start off maximised so I set the main > > form WindowState to wsMaximized at design time. (Delphi 6 pro) > > > > On my screen, winXP pro with all possible display options set to > > "windows classic", this is fine. > > On other machines, winXP and all possible defaults left > just as they > > were installed, the top of the form sits below the top of > the screen > > and more than half of the status bar on my main form sits > behind that > > big chunky 3D start bar. If I normalize and maximize, > bingo, just like > > a bought one, just what I would've wanted at the beginning. > > > > Can anyone tell me what's going wrong? I put a lot of really useful > > stuff > > (IMOhSoHO) in that status bar [bottom lip out and quivering; arms > > folded; head turned away]. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
