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Showing a modeless form's 'title bar' inside the parent form when it's minimized – Photoshop

I’m trying to implement some complement views inside my application and I would like to have a better layout control over them. I don’t know how to explain in words what my desired functionality is, so I made it through with some photoshop help, hoping you could give me a hand to implement it.

My application now looks like this:

(i need reputation to post images so.. sorry for the links)
http://i59.tinypic.com/2ikv8m1.jpg

When I minimize the modeless form which is focused in the previous image, I would like to be able to see it (and handle it to maximize or close) inside my main form as I show in the image below (made it in photoshop)

http://i58.tinypic.com/1e28go.jpg

Hope someone can lead my into a solution and thanks for the support.

EDIT: I need to be able to move that form outside my main form, even to a different monitor.

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    If you don’t want to use the MDI approach, then set TopLevel of the modeless Form to false and add it to the main Forms Controls collection before showing it:

            Form frm = new Form();
        frm.TopLevel = false;
        this.Controls.Add(frm);
        frm.Show();

    *Obviously changing Form to the correct type of your modeless form.

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    If i understand what you are trying to do, you want to minimize a certain form but still see it within your app (im assuming like Excel or Word)

    You can do something similar to what Idle_Mind said, but enclose both in a Form instead of the parent.

    Form fParent = new Form();
    fParent.Dock = DockMode.Fill;//i think this is the syntax. Use this if you want the form to fill to the screen
    Form fChild = new Form();
    fChild.TopLevel = false;
    fParent.Controls.Add(fChild);
    fChild.Show();

    Here, it should minimize to the lower left part of the parent form. You can then size the parent to whatever you want it to be.

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