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Drawing an Image as a 3-D Surface

by Darryl Bryk

Code is described for drawing an image as a 3D surface plot using OpenGL

Handling Menus and Toolbars Using MDICommandSupport Class Library

by Robert Gustafson

Simplifies working with ToolStrip-type menus and tool bars for MDI-parent and other forms; also works with ToolStrip-type context menus

Some Notes on CMFCToolBar – Docking Large Buttons and Use of the MDIClientArea

by snavece

Updating CToolBar to MFC Feature Pack (2008)

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Handling Menus and Toolbars Using MDICommandSupport Class Library

by Robert Gustafson

Simplifies working with ToolStrip-type menus and tool bars for MDI-parent and other forms; also works with ToolStrip-type context menus

Some Notes on CMFCToolBar – Docking Large Buttons and Use of the MDIClientArea

by snavece

Updating CToolBar to MFC Feature Pack (2008)

Drawing an Image as a 3-D Surface

by Darryl Bryk

Code is described for drawing an image as a 3D surface plot using OpenGL

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Multi instance of MDI Application

25 Jul 2011 by #realJSOP

Add a menu item to your File menu with the label "Open New Instance...", and when the user slects the file to be opened, spawn a new process.I shouldn't have to say this, but if I don't someone else will...That's a fairly bizarre requirement since an MDI app, by it's very nature, allows...

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win32 MDI client form not updating its size

25 Apr 2012 by 01.mandar

Hi FriendsI have created a MDI form in that i have 2 forms (treeview form and information form)in 2nd (information form) i have added 2 buttons next and previousminimize, maximize works on all of client form correctly(before any click on 2nd form)Problem:when i click button...

C#.net - How to bring a MDI child form to the front when MDI Parent has some controls in it

12 Apr 2013 by Aarti Meswania

Load child form inside a panel then add that panel in MDI runtimeand it will work same as you desire...Form1 frm = new Form1(); // Child form's objectPanel p = new Panel(); // Run time a panel is createdp.Controls.Add(frm); // add child form in panelthis.Controls.Add(p); // 'this'...

Question on using MDI windows in WPF

20 Feb 2011 by Abhinav S

I agree with SA. Trying using dashboard like controls (tab, docks etc).They allow you to show much more data on the same page.

[Solved]The MDI Child form is not appearing

26 Mar 2011 by Abhinav S

You can start by making sure any third party your child form uses are installed.Try to open the form in design mode and post the error that occurs here and maybe someone can help you.

Dynamicaly Load forms depending on assemblies

25 May 2011 by Abhinav S

You might also want to look at reflection. This[^] excellent article describes this when you want a form to be loaded in unreferenced assemblies.

Focus for a MDIChild user control added to a TabPage

30 May 2012 by Aero72

Dear all,I'm trying to find a way of using an MDI Child (which happens to be a user control) within a TabControl on the MDI Parent. I am able to put several instances of the user control onto a tab using...Form NumForm = new NumericalViewer();NumForm.TopLevel =...

MDI child form with data grid view

2 Aug 2012 by Ahmad Abd-Elghany

when i bind the data in the datagrid programmatically and deselect first cell programmatically by this code .dgv.rows[0].selected= false; when i open the form it select the first sell as always! i tried many and many even i tried it in VS 2012 . still a problem ! why MDI have a bug like...

How add huge number of items to listctrl with minimum delay?

16 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

Have you considered paging or infinite scrolling? Items may be created/retrieved in a different thread but updating a control always blocks UI thread unless the control supports some kind of virtualization. The best approach is add items by parts (for example 200 items at a time) but you should...

how to use mdi window in wpf

20 Jun 2013 by amir zanganeh امیر زنگنه

Greetings to all dear friendsHow can i use mdi windows in wpf ?Please help meThanks in advance

Child forms hides on mdi form.

15 Aug 2018 by Amit Sharma (Patna)

dear all i have a mdiform with a panel on the screen. Panel has a form (for dashboard purpose). it is displaying perfect but as i started opening other forms using mdi menu, child form hides. Please give me some suggestions to resolve the problem i am facing... Thanks and regards Amit Kumar ...

how do I capture a program into my mdi form?

2 Sep 2012 by AmitGajjar

Hi,What you are asking may be possible but i am not prefer to access running program directly. Instead what i suggest you to create one Intermediate XML file for transmitting data between both the application. I don't know what you would like to achieve from attaching both the...

Not getting Menu in MDI window.

9 Apr 2012 by amityadav4a

I am not getting menu and MDI working in my application Please help.include "windows.h"#include "resource.h"#define IDR_MENU1 2#define IDR_MENU2 3#define IDR_MENU3 3#define IDM_FIRSTCHILD 50000LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM) ;BOOL CALLBACK...

Copying text from Editor to Notepad is illegible(LF issue) on Windows

2 Mar 2011 by Andrew Brock

Notepad uses a standard Windows Edit Box. This requires a CR/LF combination for a new line. Wordpad uses a customised RichEdit control.Basically, you are going to have to insert a '\r' everywhere there a '\n' in the string before you send it across. There are a heap of ways for doing this....

How to make custom Shaped mdichildern..?

21 Oct 2011 by André Kraak

Have a look at this Beauty is only Skin-Deep: Skinning your WinForms Application[^].It also explains how to close, move, resize and minimize the irregular shaped form.

Sharing events in Mdi Program and runtime loaded childs

9 Dec 2013 by AngelBlueSky

Hello, I made an mdi program and I load dinamically some child form this way:Assembly newDll = Assembly.LoadFile("Child_01.exe");Type type = newDll.GetType("Child.Form1");Object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(type);Form child = (Form)Activator.CreateInstance(type);child.MdiParent...

Loading a ( child form into MDIform ) from a dialog form

1 Jun 2011 by ankithmt

Hello, I have 3 forms1. frmparent (MDIcontainer)2. frm_com_sel3. frm_com_addI have to load a frm_com_sel on frmparent's load event as dialog box so that no other form can be loaded at that timeI have one button bt_add , on click of that button, i want to load frm_com_add as child...

C#.net - How to bring a MDI child form to the front when MDI Parent has some controls in it

2 Jan 2012 by Anthony Dilshan

- How to bring a MDI child form to the front when MDI Parent has some controls in itI have created a "MDI Parent" form containing a Split Container & Tree View Controls, when i try to open a Form (MDI Child), that form opens behind the Split Container. Could some one please explain how to...

Daily changing background in MDI application

4 Aug 2011 by anushan23

Hi! I need to know how to change the background image for my MDI application on a daily basis. Can anybody tell me how I can achieve this? Example today is Friday so today one background image .tomorrow automatically change another background image Any codeThanks for your interest!

MDIForm & Child Form Problem

1 Jun 2014 by Ardi Durres

Hello everybodyI'm having some trouble in coding with the mdi form and a child form.loading mdi formSSTransition1.Visible = FalsefrmChngPass.ShowfrmChngPass.Top = 0frmChngPass.Left = 0Unloading the form Change PasswordUnload MeMDIForm1.ShowSSTransition1.Visible =...

Global Menu on mdi parent

21 May 2015 by Asgard25

We have an application that uses a parent form as a mdi container and all other forms as child forms.On The parent form we have a control that has our 9 menu options on it, so that it doesn't have to be on each child form, but gets hooked up. So it's basically a global menu, but it causes a...

How do I put the win32 edit control in an mdi client area?

13 Jul 2019 by benjweston

In a win32 mdi desktop app, how would you place an edit control in the mdi client area (just like the Output window in Visual Studio when it's docked at the bottom of the main window)? I'm doing an OpenGL graphics app and to complement using mouse input and getting coordinates from the cursor...

Why is this win32 edit control in the mdi client area not working?

14 Jul 2019 by benjweston

I have an Win32 C++ MDI form with a toolbar at the top, a statusbar at the bottom and an edit control sitting on top of the statusbar, with the rest of the client area clear for child windows. Here's the code to create the edit control: HFONT hfDefault; HWND hEdit; TCHAR lpszSometext[] =...

How to set sub-form of a child form within MDI parent form?

3 Sep 2016 by BillWoodruff

If at all possible, I suggest you do not use the MDI WinForm architecture for your application; it's outmoded; it's visually unappealing; and, there are better ways to construct a UI that has contained elements (use UserControls, or Panels, or use a TabControl).A WinForm can never be both an...

Global Menu on mdi parent

22 May 2015 by bojammis

I have worked with client's applications that have MDI forms and their application cannot be modified otherwise, so support for the MDI pattern must be maintained. So I hope this helps.I would look into all the form’s members that deal with MDI forms. Two that are useful...

[Solved]The MDI Child form is not appearing

27 Mar 2011 by Brijesh Kr

I think you are using like follow:At an event of a control of MDI use follow: child ch=new child(); ch.MdiParent = this; ch.Show();First you should have a Form, enable it's IsMdiContainer=true.child is a normal form.

C#.net - How to bring a MDI child form to the front when MDI Parent has some controls in it

12 Apr 2013 by Bryan Rogers

I had this issue too and this is the code I used to handle it. public partial class frmBeam : Form { frmMain FormMain; frmBeamControl FormBeamControl; private void frmBeam_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { FormBeamControl = new...

how to print two different mdi childform seperately

31 Jul 2015 by Chandler Gao

Hi all,I encounter one problem on printing MDI child form. I have two different child forms, say f2 and f3 with parent f1. I have a PictureBox in f2, with my image to be printed and one RichTextBox in f3 with text to be printed. I want to print the two child forms separately or sequentially,...

how to print two different mdi childform seperately

31 Jul 2015 by Chandler Gao

What I can find online is the solution to print the active form, and here is the link:https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/b1d9c023-8032-48f8-8092-dbc976607081/printing-active-mdi-child-c?forum=winforms[^]

MDIForm & Child Form Problem

4 Jun 2014 by CHill60

Firstly I would avoid the use of Sheridan components - I'm not convinced they work under Windows 7. Most people used PictureBoxes to contain buttons on MDI forms. Note I say "used" as this language is no longer supported and most developers are migrating programs to .NET (where they are...

How Do I Prevent Click Events From Building Up Whilst Primary Thread Is Busy

24 Dec 2014 by CHill60

You could call the Application.DoEvents[^] method immediately prior to re-enabling the control. It should consume the waiting messages - i.e. they will fire but be ignored because the control is disabled. Please take note of the warnings and suggestions on that link.You could also consider...

How do I create dialog without menu bar

23 Jan 2019 by Chopin2001

I don't know how to remove menubar from dialog that inherit CDockablePane, create by CreateEx function in mainframe of MDI(MFC). My Dialog's problem is have a menubar that have a 'X' icon for close. I want to remove that. Thanks. What I have tried: m_wndOptionBar.CreateEx(NULL, NULL, this,...

ATLASSERT[ nrefs ! = 0 ] error, when I close program.

16 Jun 2018 by Chopin2001

I have a Windows graphic program on MDI, MFC and Document has a 'wxr' object. The WXR have a CtypedPtrList OBList. OBList* m_pList; And CBackground has a CString members. CString m_projectPathName; CString m_projectName; The program have a Error when close the...

disable buttons in CMFCToolbar

1 Jun 2011 by Chris___808

I would like to be able to "customize" my toolbar depending on what type of child frame becomes active in my MDI application. I have been using CMFCToolbar because they look nice and Visual Studio steers you in that direction.I could not determine how to do it automatically (like the menus...

disable buttons in CMFCToolbar

4 Jun 2011 by Chris___808

Venkat and Anna,Thanks for the replies. The following code seems to work with one caveat mentioned below (I decided to stick with CMFCToolBar):void CMyToolBar::EnableButton (int iCmd, BOOL bStatus){ // iCmd is not the index, but the command ID - this way the // buttons can...

Multithreading in MFC MDI

1 Nov 2012 by CPallini

If the variables are global then you can access them (simply declare them extern in your thread source file).

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Aplicación .exe dentro de un formulario

4 Jul 2013 by CPallini

(If I got you) have a look at "Managing Processes and Threads in Windows Forms"[^] (see the "Full Example" section).

How Do I Insert Items From An Edit Control In A Double Linked List

26 Oct 2015 by CPallini

Get the CEdit text (you may either use the GetWindowText[^] method or, if appropriate, the DDX mechanism[^]) and copy it in the right adressen field.Of course, you have to first allocate memory for the adressen structure.As a side note, you are using C++ just like C. Why don't you take...

Add data from Edit Control in double linked list and then output in List Control

3 Nov 2015 by CPallini

You don't need hint and trick at all, just a plain transfer of values from the edit controls to struct's member. You may use GetWindowText[^] if your member varaibles are CEdit pointers or directly copy the strings if your member varaiables are CStrings.Please note C++ struct are basically...

[Solved]The MDI Child form is not appearing

27 Mar 2011 by Dalek Dave

I am sure there will be more help available if you were to post some of the code.Hard to know what is going on without it, but are you calling the forms correctly? Are there any DLLs attached to the form? Where is the Focus?More information = More Help.

How do I access variables in a child form of MDI (with ribbon)?

4 Mar 2017 by Dana Bell

I'm trying to access the variables in a child form. I am transitioning from a multi-form WinForm program to a MDI with a ribbon. A lot of the code in the child forms is the same and I would like to code as much is the parent form. I can access and modify controls in the child, but can't figure...

How do I access variables in a child form of MDI (with ribbon)?

4 Mar 2017 by Dana Bell

While I did not find a way to access variables in a child form directly, I did figure out a way to execute code in the child form from the ribbon. 1. Create a label on the child form2. Make it public (or protected)3. Add a TextChanged event for the label4. Find and change the...

Drawing an Image as a 3-D Surface

27 Jul 2011 by Darryl Bryk

Code is described for drawing an image as a 3D surface plot using OpenGL

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a question about mdi

23 May 2015 by Dave Kreskowiak

What you're describing tells me you should NOT be using MDI at all.MDI stands for "Multiple DOCUMENT interface". This means that you're opening multiple documents for editing in multiple copies of the same editor window. Kind of like opening multiple Notepad windows all in the same...

MDI form with 2 Forms

13 Jun 2015 by Dave Kreskowiak

First, get rid of the MDI crap. It's an outdated concept that newb's just abuse to death.MDI stands for "Multiple Document Interface". It was designed for something like, for example, a multi-document Notepad where your child windows are all the same type and do the same thing, like a text...

C# Mdi Child form auto resize problem

21 Jun 2015 by Dave Kreskowiak

One, from hat you've shown, you shouldn't be using MDI at all.Second, if you have just ONE child form maximized in MDI, ALL child forms are maximized. This will resize your forms to fill the MDI client area. You cannot turn that behavior off. Like I said, nothing you're shown justifies using...

Best way to mdi save to mdichild

18 Feb 2016 by Davester28

There must be an easier way to do this...' MDI Parent code calling save routine on child form Private Sub SaveToolStripButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SaveToolStripButton.Click If TypeOf (MDICurrentForm) Is...

How Do I Prevent Click Events From Building Up Whilst Primary Thread Is Busy

24 Dec 2014 by Dev O'Connor

Afternoon All,I am using a left hand ribbon control i made to load up MDI Child Forms, the problem i have is that some of them have a significant amount of controls on them so takes a few seconds upon activation to relase the thread.My concern here is that if i multiple click the ribbon...

How to prevent a certain mdichild form from getting focus/activation when switching between other mdichild forms using Ctrl+Tab?

2 Oct 2011 by E.F. Nijboer

Have a look at the answer here:http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-AU/winforms/thread/d19e23ec-11f5-4ce5-9c1e-98b33becb9d5[^]Good luck!

Remove taskbar in mdi childform

9 Feb 2012 by E.F. Nijboer

MDI child forms are not shown in the taskbar. By setting false on those properties you effect how the mdi parent is shown in the taskbar.Good luck!

How to give a space between status bar text

11 Apr 2013 by E.F. Nijboer

Try setting AutoSize to False first and then set the width. Instead, you could also set MinWidth instead of Width. MinWidth will work with AutoSize but prevents the panel from becoming too small. Good luck!

Question on using MDI windows in WPF

19 Feb 2011 by Espen Harlinn

Another very good solution on codeplex is AvalonDock[^] - You'll be able to create a flexible UI similar to the Visual Studio tabbed MDI.RegardsEspen Harlinn

Making a form both a Child and a Parent

17 Mar 2011 by Espen Harlinn

Charles,I'...

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

10 Jul 2011 by Espen Harlinn

Try playing around with WPF - it has better support for nesting windows inside windows, nested inside windows - and so on ...There are also nice libraries like AvalonDock[^] that will help you manage the UI. SAKryukov do have a point - to much of this may easily confuse users ...Best...

Multithreading in MFC MDI

1 Nov 2012 by Eugen Podsypalnikov

1. You have a memory leak now, fix:// cpp:void CYourView::OnSprint(){ //.. THREADVIEW sPar = { this }; // on-stack instance, will be automatically "deleted" AfxBeginThread(ChangeColorThread, &sPar); // note: you could pass this directly as well //..}2. Your thread parameter...

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How can I remove WPF MDI child form titlebar and border part?

5 Feb 2018 by gautam solanki

Hi I am developing one sample application by using WPF MDI. I used User Control as child form. It works fine but I am getting child forms titlebar and its border so it occupies space in MDIContainer. I want to remove that space. So anyone can help me to remove that space? Please see image :...

Data from .txt file write in array

19 Oct 2015 by George Jonsson

As you are using MFC, you can use CStringT::Tokenize[^] to split every line you read in separate words using the comma (,).Then you can place each word in the array using a loop.

How to Inherit a MDI form in .NET?

25 May 2011 by Giulliano Rodrigues

What is the best way to create an inherited MDI form without duplicating the menu groups?If you just inherit your MID_Children from your MID_Parent, your MDI_Children will have 2 menu groups. How to avoid that?The reason for that is the fact that I have multiple applications that have the...

How to develop auto hide window as Toolbox & Solution Explorer in MDI application using C#

10 Feb 2015 by Goutam K. Jha

Hello Developers I'm developing MDI application in C# Windows form and i want to add new child window with dockable auto-hide property.So please help me out with sample example.

How do I access variables in a child form of MDI (with ribbon)?

20 Feb 2017 by Graeme_Grant

Google Search is your friend... A quick search highlights many possible results that could help you. Have you tried doing any research?

How can I remove WPF MDI child form titlebar and border part?

5 Feb 2018 by Graeme_Grant

Check out: MahApps.Metro Documentation[^] and GitHub - ButchersBoy/Dragablz: Dragable and tearable tab control for WPF[^] for a more modern MDI-like interface like Google Chrome as an alternative...

How to give a space between status bar text

11 Apr 2013 by Harikamalina

go to to the toolbar->select the status-bar from the tool bar->select the properties of status bar.(triangle which is displayed on status bar)->click the edit items..add label ->go to the properties of label.. select the text property of label enter a text like "NAME" press "space bar "...

How to prevent a certain mdichild form from getting focus/activation when switching between other mdichild forms using Ctrl+Tab?

2 Oct 2011 by HatemGamal

In my mdi application i have four mdichild forms, one of them is used as a background and holding some controls..How to prevent this background mdichild form from getting focus/activation when switching between other mdichild forms using Ctrl+Tab?In other word how to skip this background...

Painting Issues In MFC MDI after Migration MS VS 2008 to 2012

26 Jan 2014 by HermiHermer

Hello,after migrating my project from Visual Studio 2008 to 2012, I missed the repainting of the MDI-Client-Window while moving the Child-Frame. My project consists of a lot of different child-frame classes. After closing all childs the MDI-Client-Window will be repainted. Minimize and...

930317 - How to avoid flashing mdi parent background?

6 Jun 2014 by ilostmyid2

hiIn an MDI program written in C++, I've this problem. When a new document is creating, it's view is shown repeatedly with different sized until it gets its final size. I put TRACE in OnSize of the corresponding child frame and got the following...

disable buttons in CMFCToolbar

6 Jun 2011 by Jaadooo

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Multithreading in MFC MDI

1 Nov 2012 by JackDingler

You could access it there, but it's a bad idea as you'd need to lock the MainFrame and that can get dirty and complex.I recommend that you create a singleton class to handle your globals. Keep the member variables protected and provide thread safe access methods for the data.Something...

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How to us hide menustripcontrol-1 and show menustripcontrol-2

6 Feb 2018 by Jayanta Modak

Sir Please help me about MenuStrip Control used. I create a project there one parents form and two child form MenuStripControl-1 is on parents form (main_form) Menu Item name a) Trans. b)Report c) Setting and MenuStripControl-2 is on child form (purchase_Entry_Form) Menu Item name a) File....

Crash in debug build for mixed dialog and mdi project

17 Feb 2016 by Jochen Arndt

It seems you already found the asserting line and it tells you what has happened (the messages should have been also printed to the Debug Output window):# ifdef _DEBUG if (m_nMapMode == MM_NONE) { TRACE(traceAppMsg, 0, "Error: must call SetScrollSizes() or...

Mfc onvscroll not getting called in MDI main frame class

25 Apr 2018 by Jochen Arndt

That is because CFrameWnd based classes route those message to the active view and CMDIFrameWnd traps the WS_VSCROLL and WS_HSCROLL and styles: TN021: Command and Message Routing[^]: The CFrameWnd class provides management of the active view. The following messages are routed through the active...

How add huge number of items to listctrl with minimum delay?

16 Jul 2018 by Jochen Arndt

Who will read (and scroll through) 280,000 items? A solution would be using a virtual list control that handles only the items actually visible. See Virtual List Controls | Microsoft Docs[^]. For a non virtual list control you can (and should always even with smaller lists) disable the screen...

How to set MDIParent background image in VB.NET

14 Nov 2013 by JOE Heart Under Blade

halo, i have a mdi parent my mdi parent are contain menustrip and when i click one of the menustripitem will be call or popup one of form child.i m setting up a background image to my mdi parent.when i import the image the is no problem appear.i can set and change the background...

win32 MDI client form not updating its size

25 Apr 2012 by JohnCz

Could you please clarify what do you mean by the form?You are referring to forms as treeview form and information form. Are forms dialogs?Also, could you give more detailed information about sizing problem?If you do not click anything, does the client window changes size? What class is...

Multi instance of MDI Application

25 Jul 2011 by Kalyani Kailasamoni

HiI have a MDI application with a Main form and menu associated with that. When "Open" menu item is pressed, the application allows the user to select a file and opens the same. Once a file is opened, if the user clicks "open" again and selects a second file, I want another instance of the...

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Login form not closing auotomatically.

4 Oct 2013 by Karale

Hi, I am developing an application in Visual Studio 2010 for this is have created Login form which takes credentials from SQL server 2008 and log in. Everything goes right till here. I wish that when user login with correct credentials login form should be closed and MDI parent form should be...

Login form not closing auotomatically.

4 Oct 2013 by Karale

Thanks Madhu for replying but i am still facing the same. I have inserted below code.else { Login login = new Login(); login.Hide(); Main main = new Main(); main.Show(); ...

Login form not closing auotomatically.

4 Oct 2013 by Karale

Thanks thatraja but your solution is also insufficient .. :(

Login form not closing auotomatically.

4 Oct 2013 by Karale

Hi All. got solution but after removing MDI parent and use simple form.and code this.Hide(); Main main = new Main(); main.Show();As Madhu told. Thanks MadhuFYI.. :)

How Do I Insert Items From An Edit Control In A Double Linked List

26 Oct 2015 by KarstenK

It is business as usual: you must do your house-keeping.You must allocate you address struct in memoryadressen * addr = new adressen;//.. fill with data// add to listinsert( node, addr );and delete it when your done.The inserting means that you "hang" the new between two...

Add data from Edit Control in double linked list and then output in List Control

3 Nov 2015 by KarstenK

You have a big task, and need it to split in little tasks. My first advice, is to write some helper functions for filling the struct. Likevoid setAnrede( adressen*data, const char* anrede ) { strncpy( data->anrede, anrede, 5 - 1 );//use maximal allowed space minus 1 (for the delimeter)}...

In mfc MDI project the onfilenew restores the existing fullscreen MDI child. Any way to disable the restore.

1 May 2017 by KarstenK

You must carefully implement the OnNewFile command handler. Renumbering or renaming the IDs is a common trap for messing up the message handling. Check that you create a new child window object and not only re-run the commands with the actual object.

Destroying mfc mdi program and tabs

4 Sep 2018 by KarstenK

You can use the WM_CLOSE message. Use the PostMessage API for it and do all needed operations like saving data and settings before. You can also use PostQuitMessage.

MDI Using Tab Control in WPF

14 Sep 2011 by Kishore Jangid

I am thinking of developing a MDI in WPF...After googling i came to know that it can be achieved through Tab Control with User Control Library in WPF...Now my question is After Creating My Window in a UserControl and then using XAML code to call the user control...When the Main Window...

MDI form control in windows forms

17 Dec 2013 by kool15th

I have made a application on windows forms and made mdi form and child forms. I have a reader and its connection has to be closed on form close. I have managed it for Form CLosed Event. But When its closed from mdi form its not. I want to code on the event of close when closed from the mdi...

MDI frame / view - how to detect maxmise / restore?

22 Jun 2021 by Kyudos

I have an MFC MDIFrame / View architecture. When the child frame/view is resized I want to resize some of the displayed controls. So, in my CMDIChildWnd, I handle OnExitSizeMove, because I don't want to recalculate on every OnSize message. This...

MDI frame / view - how to detect maxmise / restore?

22 Jun 2021 by Kyudos

I found it! Had to monitor CChildFrame::OnSysCommand for SC_RESTORE and SC_MAXIMIZE

How to create Doc/View Classes MDI MFC

7 Apr 2012 by Lakamraju Raghuram

Check this out here for the basics :Creating your first MFC Doc/View application[^] #if!defined(AFX_BFICONSULTATIONDOC_H__4D72AF8D_2711_11D4_99F9_0050BA015F99__INCLUDED_)#define AFX_BFICONSULTATIONDOC_H__4D72AF8D_2711_11D4_99F9_0050BA015F99__INCLUDED_coming to the above 2 lines :...

Change MDI main windows bar color

22 Nov 2020 by LebrunThierry

C++, MFC, MDI application ... How to change the MDI main widows bar color? What I have tried: I tryed with mainframe ... or aCMFCVisualManagerWindows7 derived class BOOL CCiVisualStyle::DrawTextOnGlass(CDC* pDC, CString strText, CRect...

how to use mdi window in wpf

20 Jun 2013 by Leo Chapiro

Take a look at this project, HTH: Multiple Window Interface for WPF[^]Good luck for you!

How can display multiple files in same application window in MFC MDI application?

6 May 2014 by leon de boer

It actually doesn't matter how you do the physicals on screen to do it you have to have the data stored and accessed by a Handle of some form.The handle could be a file handle (temp files), a global memory handle (all the data in memory) or a pointer to storage class object like a stream or...

How do I fit child form in MDI form with panel across the top.

19 Jun 2014 by lmilano

I have an mdi form with a panel anchored across the top. I want to load a child form in the remaining client area below the panel. When I use DockStyle.Fill, the child form fills the whole mdi client area and the top of the child form is hidden beneath the panel. I am using C#.Thank You.

Why is MdiParent null?

15 May 2013 by Luci C

Form1 f1=new Form1();f1 is the main formf1 is an Mdi Container;Form2 f2=new Form2();f2.MdiParent=this; f2.show();Now, in constructor of the f2 I have:Form1 f1=(Form1)this.MdiParent; // ERROR But MdiParent is NULL...Why?Thank you...

work with ultraToolBarsManager

3 Oct 2011 by M_Mogharrabi

Hi,I have a main form and a lot of child forms in my win form application.i used a ultraToolBarsManager in my main form and i want to show other forms as children of this form when each button of UltraToolBarsManager clicked.I used ultraTabbedMdiManager but my forms did not open!!please...

Focus for a MDIChild user control added to a TabPage

31 May 2012 by Maciej Los

Take a look at similar discussion: How to Open Child Window in tab[^]

MDI form control in windows forms

17 Dec 2013 by Maciej Los

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov wrote:Here is the best way of using MDI child: never using MDI. Have a look at His past answers: who needs MDI, ever? Why torturing yourself and scaring off your users?[^]

How to set sub-form of a child form within MDI parent form?

1 Sep 2016 by Maciej Los

I'd say: this is a really bad idea to use MDI. Check this: WindowsApplication with MDI[^]

How to us hide menustripcontrol-1 and show menustripcontrol-2

6 Feb 2018 by Maciej Los

I'd strongly recommend to read article provided by Richard Deeming[^]: Walkthrough: Creating an MDI Form with Menu Merging and ToolStrip Controls | Microsoft Docs[^] Then, check another resources: How to: Hide ToolStripMenuItems | Microsoft Docs[^] How to: Disable ToolStripMenuItems | Microsoft...

MDI container problem

8 Mar 2018 by Maciej Los

Follow the instruction: How to: Create MDI Child Forms | Microsoft Docs[^]

Login form not closing auotomatically.

4 Oct 2013 by Madhu Nair

Write Login.hide() before Main.show()

Aplicación .exe dentro de un formulario

4 Jul 2013 by Manuel Torres

Buenas,Quisiera saber como puedo crear un formulario que por medio de un boton me llame una aplicacion (.exe) fuera del proyecto y que esté contenida dentro del formulario.He visto muchos ejemplos pero no logro todavía realizarlo.Actualmente estoy usando Visual Studio 2010De...