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Marv

2/21/2012 1:29:00 AM

I am attempting to revise a program I developed several years ago and
have come across something I do not know how to solve.

I have a form that contains six frames. When I look at the form I see 5
of the frames, one stored in each corner of the form and one in the
center. I cannot find the sixth frame. In the program I call the set
the missing frame to visible in the Form Load procedure. It displays, I
enter a field I need and click on a control button that hides the frame
and stores the data entered. The program works as it should but when I
bring the form up to modify it I cannot find the sixth frame. I
obviously have it set to a default of not visible but where does it
hide? I have minimized each of the five visible frames and have set each
to background but no where can I see the missing frame.

Any help would be appreciated.

Marv
8 Answers

Bob Butler

2/21/2012 1:41:00 AM

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"Marv" <NoBdy@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:jhus0c$vra$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>I am attempting to revise a program I developed several years ago and have
>come across something I do not know how to solve.
>
> I have a form that contains six frames. When I look at the form I see 5
> of the frames, one stored in each corner of the form and one in the
> center. I cannot find the sixth frame.

My guess would be that it is positioned off the visible form. One option
might be making the form larger in the design window and see if you run
across it.

If you still can't find it, at the top of the properties window there is a
drop-down that lists the form and all the controls on it. Select the 6th
frame by its name and then change the top, left, and visible properties as
needed.

Larry Serflaten

2/21/2012 2:18:00 AM

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On Feb 20, 7:28 pm, Marv <No...@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I have a form that contains six frames.  When I look at the form I see 5
> of the frames, one stored in each corner of the form and one in the
> center. I cannot find the sixth frame.
<...>
> Any help would be appreciated.

As Bob indicated, use the Properties window to locate your missing
frame. As you select each control from the Properties drop down
list, it should also be selected on the form.

If you don't see it even after selecting it, again as Bob said, it
might be positioned out of view. You can set the Left and Top
properties to 0 and maybe the Width and Height properties to
100 to get it to show up in the top left corner of the form.

LFS

GS

2/21/2012 3:10:00 AM

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Marv pretended :
> I am attempting to revise a program I developed several years ago and have
> come across something I do not know how to solve.
>
> I have a form that contains six frames. When I look at the form I see 5 of
> the frames, one stored in each corner of the form and one in the center. I
> cannot find the sixth frame. In the program I call the set the missing frame
> to visible in the Form Load procedure. It displays, I enter a field I need
> and click on a control button that hides the frame and stores the data
> entered. The program works as it should but when I bring the form up to
> modify it I cannot find the sixth frame. I obviously have it set to a default
> of not visible but where does it hide? I have minimized each of the five
> visible frames and have set each to background but no where can I see the
> missing frame.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Marv

This is how I do Options dialogs, compound use dialog for splash
screens/startup notifications/license registration & validation, and
wizards. I use a series of frames that represent 'pages' and I handle
their display according to their index in the control array. I also
enlarge the form as much as needed so all frames display (even if I
have to scroll the form in design mode). This abviates situations where
a frame may be 'behind' another frame (or off the form as suggested by
Bob & Larry) when I'm working in design mode.

At runtime, all frames are stacked and I set the form's dims and the
frames' Top/Left props accordingly. All frames have their Visible
property set via a delimited string passed to a ShowPage() routine so I
have complete control over which frame[s] are visible in context to
what the user is doing.

In the case of the compund use dialog, the screen area is small enough
that I can fit 6 frames in 2 rows on my display. The others I usually
stack vertically and use the scrollbar at design time to work on each
frame as needed.

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unknown

2/21/2012 3:33:00 AM

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"Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> wrote in message
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> One option might be making the form larger in the design window

I usually just maximize the form rather than making it bigger, especially
for modal forms. When I am done, I just click on Maximize again, and it's
back to its original size.

Paulo

2/21/2012 4:07:00 AM

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Hi Marv,

Don't forget that the frames are containers. My guess is that the missing
frame is inside another one.

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john

2/21/2012 12:05:00 PM

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In article <jhus0c$vra$1@speranza.aioe.org>, NoBdy@columbus.rr.com (Marv) wrote:

> *From:* Marv <NoBdy@columbus.rr.com>
> *Date:* Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:28:45 -0500
>
> I am attempting to revise a program I developed several years ago
> and have come across something I do not know how to solve.
>
> I have a form that contains six frames. When I look at the form I
> see 5 of the frames, one stored in each corner of the form and one
> in the center. I cannot find the sixth frame. In the program I
> call the set the missing frame to visible in the Form Load
> procedure. It displays, I enter a field I need and click on a
> control button that hides the frame and stores the data entered.
> The program works as it should but when I bring the form up to
> modify it I cannot find the sixth frame. I obviously have it set to
> a default of not visible but where does it hide? I have minimized
> each of the five visible frames and have set each to background but
> no where can I see the missing frame.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Apart from all the other good answers, it could possibly be behind one of the
visible frames on the form. Try using the Format > Order > Bring to front (or CTRL
J) menu option after you've selected it from the dropdown in the Properties window.

Regards
John

Marv

2/21/2012 6:11:00 PM

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On 2/20/2012 8:28 PM, Marv wrote:
> I am attempting to revise a program I developed several years ago and
> have come across something I do not know how to solve.
>
> I have a form that contains six frames. When I look at the form I see 5
> of the frames, one stored in each corner of the form and one in the
> center. I cannot find the sixth frame. In the program I call the set the
> missing frame to visible in the Form Load procedure. It displays, I
> enter a field I need and click on a control button that hides the frame
> and stores the data entered. The program works as it should but when I
> bring the form up to modify it I cannot find the sixth frame. I
> obviously have it set to a default of not visible but where does it
> hide? I have minimized each of the five visible frames and have set each
> to background but no where can I see the missing frame.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Marv
Thanks for the responses. Using you suggestions I found it.

Dee Earley

2/23/2012 10:41:00 AM

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On 21/02/2012 01:28, Marv wrote:
> I have a form that contains six frames. When I look at the form I see
> 5 of the frames, one stored in each corner of the form and one in the
> center. I cannot find the sixth frame. I obviously have it set to a
> default of not visible but where does it hide?

For reference, "not visible" controls are still visible in the IDE in
design mode. Nothing is hidden.

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