Good evening everyone. I am wondering if someone can help me with a small problem I've been having with a MDI Application I'm in the process of developing.

I have the following structure so far:

1. MDI Parent: frmMain
2. MDI Child: frmWelcome

When the application loads the MDI Parent automatically loads the frmWelcome into the space provided for the child form.

In the settings of the frmWelcome i disabled the control box, border is set to none and the maximize / minimize buttons are set to false.

The problem i'm having is when the application loads the bar specifically for my parent form menu loads a second set of minimize / maximize / close buttons that belong to the child form. Also the child form is loading a bit cut off at the top. If i click the maximize button it then reloads the form properly and removes the buttons for the child form.

Below is the code found within my parent form for loading new mdi child forms into the application:

Load Form Code
    Private Sub frmMain_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'Loads Welcome Page At Runtime
        If CheckIfOpen("frmWelcome") = False Then
            Dim fv As New frmWelcome
            fv.MdiParent = Me
            fv.Show()
            fv.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
        End If
    End Sub

Check if open function (Prevents duplicate forms of being loaded) Private Function CheckIfOpen(ByVal frmName As String) As Boolean
        'Code used to prevent duplicate child forms from being opened ontop of eachother.
        Dim frm As Form
        For Each frm In Me.MdiChildren
            If frm.Name = frmName Then
                frm.Focus()
                Return True
                Exit Function
            End If
        Next
        Return False
    End Function

Menu Command For Loading the Start Page on click Private Sub mnuHelpWelcome_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuHelpWelcome.Click
        'Opens Welcome Page
        If CheckIfOpen("frmWelcome") = False Then
            Dim fv As New frmWelcome
            fv.MdiParent = Me
            fv.Show()
            fv.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
        End If
    End Sub

Thank you in advance for any help you can send my way that way I can get this resolved before I begin developing other forms in my application.

Thanks,
David Watson