Dock form at the bottom of another form Can anybody help

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I have made two forms lets say form1 and form2 and i want form2 to be shown at the bottom of form1 and i want it to be visible when mouse is moving...

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Posted 28-May-12 10:31am

kirubelye

Updated 28-May-12 11:38am

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1. frmChild.TopLevel = False
2. frmChild.Dock=DockStyle.Fill
2. panel.controls.add(frmChild)

Posted 16-Sep-15 9:33am

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CHill60 17-Sep-15 6:17am

If you are going to answer old questions make sure you give complete explanations that bring something new to the discussion. Otherwise you will just attract down-votes

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Ankit_Guru · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-01T02:04:00

Solution 2

trying using MDI form.

1. In the parent form change the mdicontainer property to true.
2. Now call the second form as formChild.show(formParent).
3. Last in formChild's form load event write me.dock = dockstyles.bottom and ur done.

Posted 1-Jun-12 2:04am

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John Orendt · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-28T11:57:00

Solution 1

The effect you might want is class Panel

which can exist in a Form

Panel

Posted 28-May-12 11:57am

John Orendt