How to center a form using showdialog (.NET Compact Framework)

Question

I want to centre a popup form launched using Form.ShowDialog() in .NET Compact Framework. I dont see any property like StartPosition in .NET CF Form object.

Can someone please suggest me how to centre popups in .NET CF 3.5?

Answer 1

You can make an extension method that does the work for you:

public static class FormExtensions
{
    public static void CenterForm(this Form theForm)
    {
        theForm.Location = new Point(
            Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width / 2 - theForm.Width / 2,
            Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height / 2 - theForm.Height / 2);
    }
}

You call it like this:

TheDialogForm f = new TheDialogForm();
f.CenterForm();            
f.ShowDialog();