SplitContainer.SplitterDistance

I'm trying to set the SplitContainer.SplitterDistance from inside a function called by the Onload event of a UserControl. The problem is that the distance adds a couple of extra pixels to the value I assign. I'm loading the value from XML but I have verified that the XML works.

As you can see from my code i set this property on two seperate splitters. "splitter" is vertical and sets just fine but "spitcontainer1" is horizontal and has the problem.

Here's my code:

private void frmShell_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
if (File.Exists(Application.StartupPath + "\\ApplicationSettings.xml"))
{
XmlTextReader XMLreader = new XmlTextReader(Application.StartupPath + "\\ApplicationSettings.xml");
XMLreader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;
XMLreader.MoveToContent();
do
{
switch (XMLreader.Name)
{
case "root":
break;

case "outputWindow":
splitContainer1.Panel2Collapsed = !Convert.ToBoolean(XMLreader.GetAttribute("visible"));
splitContainer1.SplitterDistance = Convert.ToInt32(XMLreader.GetAttribute("location"));
outputWindowToolStripMenuItem.Checked = !splitContainer1.Panel2Collapsed;
break;

case "projectWindow":
splitter.Panel1Collapsed = !Convert.ToBoolean(XMLreader.GetAttribute("visible"));
splitter.SplitterDistance = Convert.ToInt32(XMLreader.GetAttribute("location"));
projectViewerToolStripMenuItem.Checked = !splitter.Panel1Collapsed;
break;

default:
break;
}
} while (XMLreader.Read());
}
}
catch (Exception arg)
{
}
}

Thank you for your help!

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SplitContainer.SplitterDistance

3js

When your UserControl is loaded, your SplitContainer is probably resized along with the UserControl which contains it. Setting the FixedPanel property of the SplitContainer should fix it.
SplitContainer.SplitterDistance

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