Hmmm... tried doing the same in our MDI application and had no problems
(the maximised MDI child forms didn't restore themselves when the
non-MDI form was created and shown). What versions of Delphi and
Windows are you using?
Cheers,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Bilby [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 8:41 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: MDI Forms and Showmodal Hassles
>
> I've got a MDI application running with a few MDI child forms
> maximised, I
> need a modal box to appear and then simply return. I basically just
> create
> the form then do a showmodal on it:
>
> Application.Createform(TChProdHistory, ChProdHistory);
> if (ChProdHistory.Showmodal = 1) then dostuff;
>
> so basically how I see it, it should show the form then return
>
> The problem is that when the form is created the currently open MDI
> Child
> forms all get 'restored' to a non maximised state which looks really
> ugly.
> I'm just unsure as to why the creating a non-MDI form (ie formstyle :=
> fsNormal) is forcing the all the MDI child forms to resize...
>
> Any words of wisdom?
>
> Darren
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