Form Maximised

[LIMA Factory]

Hello,

I encounter a strange behavior with my RadForm window:

When I maximize my Form, a boarder exists where the Form is not rendered and the background /application behind is visible and usable. See the attached screenshot.

If the form is not maximized everything is OK.

This issue occurred after updating from the previous version to the latest version, and this issue exists only on Computers that do not have Visual Studio Installed (standard users of the software). On the development machine the maximized state is OK too.

Do You have an idea how to solve this problem? Or do You have a workaround?

Thanks for your help!

Regards,

Ingo

[Hristo]

Hi Ingo,

Thank you for writing.

You have encountered a known issue which is already fixed in the development version of our controls. Here is the feedback item: FIX. RadForm - the form is clipped when maximized on Windows 7 with a disabled Aero.

Until we publicly release our next version you would need to use the following workaround: 

public partial class RadForm1 : RadForm
    {
        public RadForm1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        //Workaround
        protected override Telerik.WinControls.RootRadElement CreateRootElement()
        {
            return new MyFormRootElement(this);
        }
    }

    public class MyFormRootElement : FormRootElement
    {
        private RadForm formControl;

        public MyFormRootElement(RadForm1 radForm1)
            : base(radForm1)
        { }

        protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType
        {
            get
            {
                return typeof(RootRadElement);
            }
        }

        protected override void OnPropertyChanged(RadPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.formControl = this.GetType().BaseType.GetField("formControl", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).GetValue(this) as RadForm;

            if (e.Property == RadElement.BoundsProperty)
            {
                if ((this.Shape != null) && (this.formControl != null) &&
                    this.ApplyShapeToControl)
                {
                    Rectangle oldBounds = (Rectangle)e.OldValue;
                    Rectangle newBounds = (Rectangle)e.NewValue;

                    if (oldBounds.Size != newBounds.Size)
                    {
                        CreateRegionFromShape(newBounds.Size);
                    }
                }
            }
            else if ((e.Property == ShapeProperty) && this.ApplyShapeToControl)
            {
                ElementShape shape = e.NewValue as ElementShape;
                if ((shape != null) && (this.ElementTree != null))
                {
                    CreateRegionFromShape(this.Size);
                }
            }

            else if (e.Property == ApplyShapeToControlProperty)
            {
                if ((bool)e.NewValue && this.Shape != null)
                {
                    CreateRegionFromShape(this.Size);
                }
                else
                {
                    this.ElementTree.Control.Region = null;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                base.OnPropertyChanged(e);

            }
        }

        private void CreateRegionFromShape(Size regionSize)
        {
            Region newRegion = null;
            this.formControl = this.GetType().BaseType.GetField("formControl", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).GetValue(this) as RadForm;

            if (this.formControl.WindowState != FormWindowState.Maximized || this.formControl.MaximumSize != Size.Empty)
            {
                Rectangle boundsRect = new Rectangle(Point.Empty, regionSize);

                using (GraphicsPath path = this.Shape.CreatePath(boundsRect))
                {
                    newRegion = new Region(path);
                }
            }
            else if ( !(IsWindows7 && !DWMAPIHelper.IsCompositionEnabled))
            {
                int borderLenght = DWMAPIHelper.IsCompositionEnabled ?
                                SystemInformation.FixedFrameBorderSize.Height :
                                SystemInformation.FrameBorderSize.Height;
                borderLenght += borderLenght;

                if (!IsWindows8OrHigher)
                {
                    borderLenght += 2;
                }
                else
                {
                    borderLenght += 1;
                }

                Rectangle boundsRect = new Rectangle(new Point(borderLenght, borderLenght),
                    new Size(regionSize.Width - (borderLenght * 2), regionSize.Height - (borderLenght * 2)));

                using (GraphicsPath path = new GraphicsPath())
                {
                    path.AddRectangle(boundsRect);
                    newRegion = new Region(path);
                }
            }

            Region region = this.formControl.Region;

            if (!AreEqualRegions(region, newRegion))
            {
                this.formControl.Region = newRegion;
            }
        }

        private bool IsWindows8OrHigher
        {
            get
            {
                OperatingSystem os = Environment.OSVersion;
                return os.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT &&
                       (os.Version.Major > 6 || (os.Version.Major == 6 && os.Version.Minor >= 2));
            }
        }

        private bool IsWindows7
        {
            get
            {
                OperatingSystem os = Environment.OSVersion;
                return os.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT &&
                       (os.Version.Major == 6 && os.Version.Minor == 1);
            }
        }

        private static bool AreEqualRegions(Region regionX, Region regionY)
        {
            if (regionX == null && regionY == null)
            {
                return true;
            }

            if (regionX == null || regionY == null)
            {
                return false;
            }

            byte[] regionDataX = regionX.GetRegionData().Data;
            byte[] regionDataY = regionY.GetRegionData().Data;

            int length = regionDataX.Length;

            if (length != regionDataY.Length)
            {
                return false;
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
            {
                if (regionDataX[i] != regionDataY[i])
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            return true;
        }
    }

    internal class DWMAPIHelper
    {
        [DllImport("dwmapi.dll")]
        public static extern void DwmIsCompositionEnabled(ref bool isEnabled);

        public static bool IsVista
        {
            get
            {
                return Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major >= 6;
            }
        }

        public static bool IsCompositionEnabled
        {
            get
            {
                if (!IsVista)
                {
                    return false;
                }
                bool enabled = false;
                DwmIsCompositionEnabled(ref enabled);
                return enabled;
            }
        }
    }

I hope this helps. Should you have further questions please do not hesitate to write back.

Regards,
Hristo Merdjanov
Telerik by Progress

[LIMA Factory]

Hello!

Thank You very much for Your quick answer and the workaround!

It works perfectly!

Regards,

Ingo