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Why aren't my MDI child forms showing a shadow?

In my application when I make a form as a child form of my main MDI parent form, the child form stops showing Windows 7 default shadow effect behind forms. How do I get child forms shadow to show? 

Form obj = Application.OpenForms["My_form"];
if (obj != null)
{
    obj.Focus();
}
else
{
    My_form c = new My_form();
    c.MdiParent = this;
    c.Show();
}
Solution

  • I got the answer finally , if i make a form as child form like 

    c.MdiParent =this;

    It makes the appearance of the form as flat , If you like to show the form as default windows like forms dont make the form's mdi parent !