Parent form panel control showing multiple child forms constrained to the panel control?

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C#

C#4.0

forms

MDI

I would like to code up a program that has a parent window/form that would have a region of it that will be a "selectable" child form from menu items.

The path I currently am on is trying to "nest" a child form in a panel control on the parent window. However, I'm having trouble trying to get the child form to initialize in the panel control. I'm not sure how to do this. I currently can have the child form display when the menu item is selected, but it is not constrained or fixed to the parent window.

Is this a correct approach? Is there a better alternative?

Form 1:

public partial class sfsResgenForm : Form
    {
        public sfsResgenForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();


        }

        // Menu Item Controls

        private void exitToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)  // Exit Menu Item
        {
            if (MessageBox.Show("Close and Exit?", "Confirm Exit", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
            {
                // a 'DialogResult.Yes' value was returned from the MessageBox proceed with your action

                this.Dispose();
            }


        }

        private void newCharacterToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)    // Go to Character Generator
        {
            chargenForm1 newMDIChild = new chargenForm1();
            // Set the Parent Form of the Child window.
            // newMDIChild.MdiParent = this;
            // Display the new form.
            newMDIChild.Show();

Form 2:

public partial class chargenForm1 : Form
    {
        public chargenForm1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.Dispose();

        }
    }

Thanks in advance.

Sig Pimp