Workaround: set the property at run time

With the following property settings RadForm does not maximize in order to overlap the taskbar:
TopMost - true
WindowState = Maximized
FormBorderStyle = None

 Use attached to reproduce.

The exception message: "A circular control reference has been made. A control cannot be owned by or parented to itself.".

Workaround:
Do not specify the owner when showing the message box.

The issue can be reproduced by creating a form with a width of 1200 pixels in an application that is DPI aware. Then the project is run on a tablet with low resolution and an increased DPI, e.g. 1024 x 768 and scaling 120%.

Workaround:
Public Class RadForm1
    Sub New()

        InitializeComponent()

        Dim g = Me.CreateGraphics()
        Dim scale = 96.0 / g.DpiX
        Me.Size = New Size(scale * Me.ClientSize.Width, scale * Me.ClientSize.Height)
        g.Dispose()
        Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
    End Sub
End Class

Workaround:
 Sub New()

     InitializeComponent()

     AddHandler RadMessageBox.Instance.LocationChanged, AddressOf MsgLocationChanged
 End Sub
 Private Sub RadTreeView1_NodeMouseClick(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadTreeViewEventArgs) Handles RadTreeView1.NodeMouseClick
     If RadMessageBox.Show(Me, String.Format("Change Project to {0}{1}{0}?", Chr(34), e.Node.Text), "Change Project", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, _
                           RadMessageIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1) = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes Then
     End If

 End Sub

 Private Sub MsgLocationChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
     RadMessageBox.Instance.Location = New Point(Me.Location.X + Me.Width / 2, Me.Location.Y + Me.Height / 2)
 End Sub

Steps to reproduce:

1. Build an application targeting x64 platform.

2. Setup your monitors such that one has negative coordinates.

3. Run the application and move a form to the negative coordinates space.

4. You will see a System.OverflowException.

Please refer to the attached sample project and gif file.

Workaround: set the AllowTheming property to true.

The attached video shows how you can reproduce this.

The issue is easily reproducible on a remote Windows 7 machine.

To reproduce:

1. Add a RadForm with a RadButton and a RadGridView.
2. Use the following code snippet:
 public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            this.AutoScroll = true;           
            this.radGridView1.Location = new Point(10, 500);                   
        }
3. Please refer to the attached gif file.

Workaround:

Use RadScrollablePanel and dock it inside the form.

UPDATED: this is reproducible in a non-MDI scenario is well.

Sub New()
    InitializeComponent()
    Me.Size = New Size(500, 500)
End Sub


To reproduce:

1. Add two RadForms - a parent and a child.
2. Set the MinimumSize property of the child form at design time.
3. Use the following code snippet:

public partial class ParentForm : RadForm
{
    public ParentForm()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        this.IsMdiContainer = true;

        ChildForm form = new ChildForm();
        form.Text = "MDI Child 1";
        form.MdiParent = this;
        form.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(600, 600);
        form.Show();
    }
}

public partial class ChildForm : Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadForm
{
    public ChildForm()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.SizeChanged += ChildForm_SizeChanged;
    }
    
    private void ChildForm_SizeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.Text = "ChildForm " + this.Size.Width + " x " + this.Size.Height;
    }
}

When you run the application with version 2015.2 623, you will notice that the child form is loaded with its MinimumSize. However, in the previous version it is loaded with the expected specified Size(600, 600).

Workaround: use ShapedForm with titlebar. An alternative solution is to set the RadForm.Size property in the Shown event.

How to reproduce: just create a RadForm, in the designer change its size and set its FormBorderStyle property to be None. When the form loads its size will be increased.

Workaround: set its MaximumSize property
this.MaximumSize = new Size(400, 80);

Workaround:   
  Sub New()
         
        InitializeComponent()
        AddHandler RadMessageBox.Instance.LocationChanged, AddressOf MsgLocationChanged
    End Sub
    Private Sub MsgLocationChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        RadMessageBox.Instance.Location = New Point(Me.Location.X + Me.Width / 2 - RadMessageBox.Instance.Width / 2, _
                                                    Me.Location.Y + Me.Height / 2)
    End Sub

MDI control box does not appear when MDI child forms are hidden istead of closed. This happens the second time you are trying to open a previously hidden form right after hiding another MDI child form.

Workaround:
 First, you should add the RadMDIControlsItemExtended class to your real solution and then add the following code snippet in the constructor of the parent MDI form:
this.rbMain.RibbonBarElement.ButtonsContainer.Children.RemoveAt(2);
RadMDIControlsItemExtended MDIBox = new RadMDIControlsItemExtended();
this.rbMain.RibbonBarElement.ButtonsContainer.Children.Add(MDIBox);
MDIBox.LayoutPropertyChanged();

RadMDIControlsItemExtended.cs:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Telerik.WinControls.UI;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Telerik.WinControls;
using System.Reflection;

namespace StandardMdiApplication
{
    class RadMDIControlsItemExtended : RadMDIControlsItem
    {
        protected override void OnHostFormLayout()
        {
            base.OnHostFormLayout();

            FieldInfo fi = typeof(RadMDIControlsItem).GetField("hostForm", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
            object o = fi.GetValue(this);
            Form hostForm = (Form)o;

            if (hostForm != null && hostForm.IsMdiContainer)
            {
                Form maximizedForm = null;
                foreach (Form form in hostForm.MdiChildren)
                {
                    if (form is ShapedForm)
                    {
                        foreach (Control mdiFormControls in form.Controls)
                        {
                            if (mdiFormControls is RadTitleBar)
                            {
                                mdiFormControls.Visible = form.WindowState != FormWindowState.Maximized;
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    if (form.WindowState == FormWindowState.Maximized && form.Visible && (maximizedForm == null || hostForm.ActiveMdiChild == form))
                    {
                        maximizedForm = form;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if (maximizedForm == null)
                {
                    this.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed;
                    this.InvalidateMeasure();
                    return;
                }

                FormBorderStyle borderStyle = (maximizedForm is RadFormControlBase) ? ((RadFormControlBase)maximizedForm).FormBorderStyle : maximizedForm.FormBorderStyle;

                if (maximizedForm != null && maximizedForm.Visible && maximizedForm.ControlBox &&
                    borderStyle != FormBorderStyle.None &&
                    borderStyle != FormBorderStyle.SizableToolWindow &&
                    borderStyle != FormBorderStyle.FixedToolWindow)
                {
                    this.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Visible;
                    this.InvalidateMeasure();
                }
                else
                {
                    this.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed;
                    this.InvalidateMeasure();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

The size of RadForm under Windows XP is incorrect when its initial state as MDI child is Maximized and after that the state is changed to Normal.

Workaround:
Imports Telerik.WinControls.UI

Public Class BaseRadForm
    Inherits RadForm 

    Private Shared LastWindowState As FormWindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
    Private Shared suspendClientSizeChangedFlag As Boolean = False
 
    Protected Overrides Sub OnResizeBegin(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Me.MaximumSize = New Size(0, 0)
        MyBase.OnResizeBegin(e) 
    End Sub
     
    Protected Overrides Sub OnActivated(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Me.MaximumSize = New Size(0, 0)
        MyBase.OnActivated(e)
    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Sub OnDeactivate(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Me.MaximumSize = New Size(0, 0)
        MyBase.OnDeactivate(e)
    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Sub OnClientSizeChanged(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim osInfo As System.OperatingSystem = System.Environment.OSVersion
        If (suspendClientSizeChangedFlag OrElse osInfo.Version.Major >= 6) Then
            Return
        End If

        If Not LastWindowState.Equals(Me.WindowState) Then
            LastWindowState = Me.WindowState
            If Me.WindowState.Equals(FormWindowState.Normal) Then
                suspendClientSizeChangedFlag = True
                Me.MaximumSize = New Size(500, 500)
                suspendClientSizeChangedFlag = False
            ElseIf Me.WindowState.Equals(FormWindowState.Maximized) Then
                Me.MaximumSize = New Size(0, 0)
            End If
        Else
            Me.MaximumSize = New Size(0, 0)
        End If

        MyBase.OnClientSizeChanged(e)

    End Sub


End Class

Good morning,

when I open a mdi child form from another child form and change WindowState from Minimize to Normal the form is not shown with correct size.

If the theme of your Windows 7 is 'Windows 7 Basic' and you have a RadForm as an mdi child., when you maximize this form, you will notice that there is a gap of several pixels between the parent form title bar and the client part of the child form. This can be worked around as shown below:

Public Class MDIParent
    Public Sub New()
        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub

    Dim shouldGetSavedSize As Boolean = False
    Dim suspendResize As Boolean = False
    Dim formSize As Drawing.Size = Size.Empty

    Private Sub RadButton1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadButton1.Click
        Dim form As RadForm = New RadForm
        form.MdiParent = Me
        form.Show()
        formSize = form.Size
        AddHandler form.Resize, AddressOf Form_Resize
        AddHandler form.SizeChanged, AddressOf Form_SizeChanged
    End Sub

    Private Sub Form_SizeChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim form As RadForm = DirectCast(sender, RadForm)
        If Not form.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized Then
            If suspendResize Then
                Return
            End If
            formSize = form.Size
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub Form_Resize(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim form As RadForm = DirectCast(sender, RadForm)
        If form.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized Then
            shouldGetSavedSize = True
            form.FormBorderStyle = Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None
        Else
            If shouldGetSavedSize Then
                shouldGetSavedSize = False
                suspendResize = True
                form.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.Sizable
                form.Size = formSize
                suspendResize = False
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

If you have a TextBox anchored to Top, Left, Right in a RadForm, the size that this TextBox gets when the form is shown may not be correct.

Workaround:
set the Dock = Fill setting after adding the controls/toolwindows in the forms

To reproduce:
1. Drop a RadGridView and RadButton on Rad Form.
2. Set gris Anchor property to Top-Right-Bottom-Left and the buttons Anchor property to Right-Bottom.
3. Make sure that the RadForm's size is exactly as your desktop resolution(e.g. my 'RadForm' size and desktop resolution are 1920x1080).
4. Change its 'AutoScaleMode' property's value to 'Font'.
5. Build project.
6. Copy the resulted executable on your desktop and name it 'RadControlsWinFormsApp_Font'
7. Select again the RadForm.
8. Change its 'AutoScaleMode' property's value to 'DPI'
9. Build project.
10. Copy the resulted executable on your desktop and name it 'RadControlsWinFormsApp_DPI'
11. Select again the RadForm
12. Change its 'AutoScaleMode' property's value to 'Inherit'
13. Build project
14. Copy the resulted executable on your desktop and name it 'RadControlsWinFormsApp_Inherit'
15. Change your desktop resolution to a lower one (e.g. I've change it from 1920x1080 to 1600x900)
16. 'Auto-Hide' the Window's taskbar
17. Run the executables and see the results:
   17.1 In case of 'RadControlsWinFormsApp_Font' application, you should see that the 'RadGridView' control gets truncated + the lower right 'RadButton' is not visible anymore
   17.2 In case of 'RadControlsWinFormsApp_DPI' application, you should see that the 'RadGridView' control gets truncated + the lower right 'RadButton' is not visible anymore
   17.3 In case of 'RadControlsWinFormsApp_Inherit' application, you should see the controls on the form as you initially placed them.

Also this issue appears on 'Windows XP SP3 x86' and also on 'Windows 7 SP1 x64' .

Workaround:
- Set AutoScaleMode property to None or Inherit.

Hi,

I am working on making our Winforms UI projects DPI aware to clean up fuzzy text in Windows 10.

I'm having an odd issue with some layouts. In one example, we have a simple form dialog that will grow with a label inside (similar to a windows message box). THe label is autosizing itself and has a minimum and maximum size set. This dialog is working fine without the DPI awareness, however, after enabling, the RadForm resizes to some strange size. I tried to investigate and it seems that the label is resizing to some large size and not respecting it's maximums (though this doesn't show when rendering as I've switched off the borders).

The label is resizing the form via anchors. I think probably there is a better way at layout here, but I'm wondering if the wild resizing may be considered a bug.

See images below.

I've also attached a project that reproduces this issue.

 

 

RadRibbonForm is flickering, when it is used as MDI Parent with applied background image.