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ShowModalDialog question.....

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:43:57 GMT

Im using ShowModalDialog to open up my form. Question, is it possible to specify the location you want the form to open?

Thanks in advance for any help!!

Re: ShowModalDialog question.....

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:05:27 GMT

This will place the dialog box at upper-left corner of the screen

MyDialogBox dlg = new MyDialogBox()

dlg.Left = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Left + 50;

dlg.Top = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Top + 50

if
(Autodesk.AutoCad.ApplicationServices.Application.ShowModalDialog(dlg)==DialogResult.OK)

{

//Do something when dialog dismissed, if you wish

}

dlg.Dispose();

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Im using ShowModalDialog to open up my form. Question, is it possible to
specify the location you want the form to open?

Thanks in advance for any help!!

Re: ShowModalDialog question.....

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:40:33 GMT

That doesn't seem to work?

This is my code:

Dim legendFormAs Legend1 = New Legend1()
'----TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS HERE-----
Application.ShowModalDialog(legendForm)

Things that I've tried are:

legendForm.CenterToScreen()

legendForm.Left = Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Left+5
legendForm.Top = Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Top+5

legendForm.StartPosition = Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen

None of the above seem to effect the position of the form?

Re: ShowModalDialog question.....

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:41:15 GMT

The reason is because AutoCAD manages the size/location
of your window for you, persists it in the registry, and then
restores it when you show the same form again, keyed to
the string returned by GetType().FullName on your form.

The ShowModalDialog() method is overloaded. Call the one
that takes the optional bool parameter, and pass false to
prevent it from persisting your forms size/position.

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That doesn't seem to work?

This is my code:

Dim legendFormAs Legend1 = New Legend1()
'----TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS HERE-----
Application.ShowModalDialog(legendForm)

Things that I've tried are:

legendForm.CenterToScreen()

legendForm.Left = Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Left+5
legendForm.Top = Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Top+5

legendForm.StartPosition = Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen

None of the above seem to effect the position of the form?

Re: ShowModalDialog question.....

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:54:13 GMT

I works for me. I have a modal dialog, when it is shown, a selected entity
in the Editor is zoomed to screen centre, so I place the dialog at
upper-left corner of the screen. It works always.

Note, if you need to specify a Win Form's location in code when it is
loaded, you need to set the Form's "StartPosition" property to "Manual".

Re: ShowModalDialog question.....

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:43:01 GMT

Yes!! That was it. I overloaded it and set it to False and that allowed me to set the position of the window.

Thanks everyone!!!