[Lazarus] Form size locked

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:17:42 +0000
> Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl.lazarus at telemetry.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> It appears that a bsDialog form has its actual width and height locked 
>> once it has been displayed by ShowModal. Components inside the form, 
>> e.g. a PageControl with client alignment, see the dimensions that have 
>> been set under program control but the actual form size can be 
>> significantly different (larger or smaller).
>>
>> What I've got is a form that displays either a single page if the 
>> program is doing a simple login to a host computer, or multiple pages if 
>> it's also offering facilities that the host can use; in the case of the 
>> single page the pagecontrol tabs are disabled and the overall form 
>> shrunk to fit. The first time the form is displayed it's always sized 
>> correctly, but if the required login type changes the form size cannot 
>> be adjusted.
>>
>> I'm able to use this sort of thing as a workaround:
>>
>> BorderStyle := bsSizeable;
>> Application.ProcessMessages;
>>          Width := Tag div 1000;
>>          Height := Tag mod 1000;
>> Application.ProcessMessages;
>> BorderStyle := bsDialog;
>> Application.ProcessMessages;
>>          PageControl1.ShowTabs := true;
>>          PageControl1.ActivePage := TabSheet1;
>>
>> Gtk2, Lazarus 1.0, LCL 1.0.1.3.
> 
> Please create a bug report with a complete example.

Done, http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=25035

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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