Saving a Form Size, Location, and WindowState

Brief Description

This lets you save and load these main settings(Form Size(Width and Height), Form Location and form WindowState(Maximized or not) for a desired form. Adds professionalism!

Step 1

• Open your Program Properties.

- This can be opened via multiple ways.

○ Project > "Your Project Name" Properties...

○ Double click My Project, located at the top of your Solution Explorer under "Your Project Name"

Step 2

• Go to the Settings Tab and add in these settings

○ Name: frmWidth Type: Integer Value: 500

○ Name: frmHeight Type: Integer Value: 500

○ Name: frmMax Type: Boolean Value: False

○ Name: frmLocation Type: System.Drawing.Point Value: 0, 0

★ Note: You can change the Value to anything you want as well as the Name

Step 3

• Now Add in these codes

Code:

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        If My.Settings.frmMax = True Then
            WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
        Else
            Me.Location = My.Settings.frmLocation
            Height = My.Settings.frmHeight
            Width = My.Settings.frmWidth
        End If
    End Sub

Code:

Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(sender As Object, e As FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
        If WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized Then
            My.Settings.frmMax = True
            My.Settings.frmWidth = 500
            My.Settings.frmHeight = 500
        Else
            My.Settings.frmLocation = Me.Location
            My.Settings.frmMax = False
            My.Settings.frmWidth = Width
            My.Settings.frmHeight = Height
        End If
        My.Settings.Save()
    End Sub

Final Step (Step 4)

• Build your project!

○ Press F5 to Debug

○ Debug > Start Debugging

○ Build > Build "Your Project Name"

Saving a Form Size, Location, and WindowState

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