You can put VB’s registry functions to good use by creating a few reusable routines that save, reload, and delete size and state of a form in your program.
' Save form settingsFunction SaveFormSettings(ByVal AppName As String, frm As Object) SaveSetting AppName, frm.Name, "Left", frm.Left SaveSetting AppName, frm.Name, "Top", frm.Top SaveSetting AppName, frm.Name, "Width", frm.Width SaveSetting AppName, frm.Name, "Height", frm.Height SaveSetting AppName, frm.Name, "WindowState", frm.WindowStateEnd Function' Restore form settings.Function LoadFormSettings(ByVal AppName As String, frm As Object) Dim currWindowState As Integer ' in case no value is in the registry On Error Resume Next ' If the form is currently maximized or minimized, temporarily ' revert to normal state, otherwise the Move command fails. currWindowState = frm.WindowState If currWindowState <> 0 Then frm.WindowState = 0 ' Use a Move method to avoid multiple Resize and Paint events. frm.Move GetSetting(AppName, frm.Name, "Left", frm.Left), _ GetSetting(AppName, frm.Name, "Top", frm.Top), GetSetting(AppName, _ frm.Name, "Width", frm.Width), GetSetting(AppName, frm.Name, "Height", _ frm.Height) frm.WindowState = GetSetting(AppName, frm.Name, "WindowState", _ currWindowState)End Function' Delete form settingsSub DeleteFormSettings(ByVal AppName As String, frm As Object) DeleteSetting AppName, frm.nameEnd SubUsing these routines is straightforward:
Private Sub Form_Load() LoadFormSettings "MyApp", MeEnd SubPrivate Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer) SaveFormSettings "MyApp", MeEnd Sub
