FIX: Maximized Win95 MDI Child Form Disappears

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start Visual Basic 4.0, 32-bit. If it is already running, click New Project on the File menu.
2. Use the Insert/MDI Form menu option to add an MDIForm to the project.
3. In the Design Environment Property window, set the following properties for Form1:

   MinButton = False
   MaxButton = False
   ControlBox = False
   MDIChild = True
   WindowState = 2 - Maximized
   Caption =
   Borderstyle = 0 - None 'Options 1 - 5 will also work.

4. Run the application. Form1 will not be visible.

Workaround

1. Start Visual Basic 4.0, 32-bit. If it is already running, click New Project on the File menu.
2. Use the Insert/MDI Form menu option to add an MDIForm to the project.
3. In the Design Environment Property window, set the following properties for Form1:

   MinButton = False MaxButton = False ControlBox = False MDIChild = True WindowState = 0 - Normal Caption = Borderstyle = 0 - None 'Options 1 - 5 will also work.

4. In the General Declaration section of Form1, paste the following:

                Private Sub Form_Load()
            'You could copy the following 4 lines to the Resize
            'event of MDIForm1 as well for best results.
            Form1.Top = 0
                    Form1.Left = 0
            Form1.Width = MDIForm1.Width - 185
            Form1.Height = MDIForm1.Height - 470
                End Sub
   					

5. Run the application. Form1 will be visible.