MDI detail maximizes problem in Vista
I have a problem with a Winforms application written in Visual Studio 2005 (C #). It has a basic MDI form with one maximized mdi child form. On Windows XP, the child form scales well and is maximized using the MDI parent.
On Windows Vista (Enterprise and Business), resizing works great, but when you maximize the MDI form, the child form is not maximized perfectly. On the right side there is a gap of 8 pixels. The child's shape is still performed as if it is maximized, it just doesn't look good. If you manually stretch the form to fill the desktop, it looks fine - only when the MDI is set to maximize the gap.
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This is a known issue that hasn't been fixed yet (looks like Windows Server 2008).
You can find more information and a possible fix in this thread on the MSDN forums:
Max MDI Child Window Problem
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