Hello,

Sorry for the long subject line; I wasn't sure how else to phrase it.

First of all, here are my system details:  I am using RadControls for WinForms Q1 2009 in C# (I know that it's old, but that's what I'm stuck using for now).  I am using Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and this project is using the .NET Framework 3.5.  I have some experience with the ASP.NET and Winforms RadControls, but I am by no means an expert.

This project is using a main RadRibbonForm as an MDI parent.  It then has several child MDI RadForms which all inherit from a base RadForm.  Because I am using a RadRibbonForm, I don't have a menu strip defined.  The problem that I'm having is that I have multiple rows of minimize, maximize and close buttons appearing (Please see the screenshots).  When I first open up the application, I don't have any of the MDI children visible.  However, when I open up one of the MDI children, it opens unmaximized and I can see its title bar.  When I maximize the MDI child, I see what is shown in the screenshot ribbonformmdi01.jpg.  When I unmaximize or minimize the MDI child, I see what is shown in the screenshot ribbonformmdi02.jpg.  Finally, when I close the MDI child, I see what is shown in the screenshot ribbonformmdi03.jpg. 

I thought that by setting the the base child MDI RadForm's window state property to "Maximized" in design time, that this would solve the problem.  The screenshot ribbonformmdi04.jpg shows what I see when I open the MDI child.  It opens maximized, but I have no way of minimizing or closing the child MDI form. 

I know that I must be overlooking something.  Can anybody offer any help, please?  What am I missing?  I have been looking all over the forums but the only thing that I've been able to find is what to do if you have a RadMenu and you want to merge the child's RadMenu with the parent's RadMenu.  This obviously doesn't apply.  I have also tried without any success to set various properties in the child RadForms such as the TitleBar's visibility property but that hasn't done the trick either.  Thanks in advance for any help that you can give.

Regards,
John

Hello Boryana,

Thank you very much for your answer.  I was wondering, if I upgrade to the latest version (Q1 2011 SP1) would the RadForm behavior be corrected?  If so, this project would be a good one for me to try upgrading because it is so small.  I think that there is some hesitance to upgrade because we're not sure how difficult the process is or if there will be anything that gets broken. 

If the behavior is still the same in the upgraded version, I'll just go ahead and use the RadShapedForm as you suggest.  Thanks again for all of your help.

Regards,
John

Hello Boryana,

Thank you again for your response.  I installed the latest Q1 2011 release.  I then upgraded my project.  The only problem which I had was a minor one where the RadRibbonForm and RadForm are now in the Telerik.WinControls.UI namespace instead of the Telerik.WinControls namespace.  Everything seems to be working and the issue is resolved.  Thank you very much for your help in resolving this issue.

I just have one last question.  If I have upgraded all of my projects to use the latest Q1 2011 release, can I uninstall the old Q1 2009 release?  I would think that, once everything is upgraded, the old release is no longer necessary and I can uninstall it without adversely affecting anything.  Is this correct?

Thanks again,
John

Hello John,

Thank you for writing. I am very happy to hear that the upgrading process went without issues.

As for your question, once you have upgraded your projects to Q1 2011, you can uninstall all previous versions of RadControls for Winforms.

I hope you find this useful. Let me know if I can assist you further.

All the best,
Boryana
the Telerik team