I have a MDI form which opens a docked child form (user dashboard) that is not closable by the users. The MDI can then open up either docked child forms within the MDI or non docked child forms. The problem I am running into is that if the user...

WinForms

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...

C++

MFC

MDI

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

C++

MFC

MDI

How do I show a child form from an MDI form

14 May 2021 by tracam

Hi, I have a main form in Visual Studio C# which has the IsMdiContainer set to True. I tried to open a child form using frm_edit_s = new frm_edit_sensor(); frm_edit_s.FLG_parent_form = this; ...

WinForms

MDI

How do I show a child form from an MDI form

14 May 2021 by RickZeeland

See the note here: Form.MdiParent Property (System.Windows.Forms) | Microsoft Docs[^] Quote: If there are two MenuStrip controls on an MDI child form, setting IsMdiContainer to true for the parent form merges the contents of only one of the...

WinForms

MDI

Using MDI tab groups and dragging tabs to a new tab group

14 Apr 2021 by softools

I'm moving an old 1990's MDI program to the next century. I've spent many hours searching and experimenting to achieve one feature I'd like to have. I know MDI with Tabs, specifically Tab Groups, is the way to go - just like Visual Studio. The...

C++

MFC

MDI

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...

C++

MFC

MDI

How do I solve exception of datagridview "operation did not succeed because the program cannot commit or quit a cell value change"

16 Dec 2019 by try.test.abc

Hello All, Please help.. In my project i have datagridview and i have created a cellValidate event of it and in it i have put the code of e.cancel = true for certain condition like formatting and decimal validation... now it gives error when i press MDI form's save button to save grid...

MDI

How do I solve exception of datagridview "operation did not succeed because the program cannot commit or quit a cell value change"

16 Dec 2019 by OriginalGriff

That is by design: it's is exactly what the Validation event is there for. If the data in the cell isn't valid, it shouldn't be saved - and that is exactly what the system is trying to do: prevent invalid data getting into your backing storage.

MDI

How to populate the QAT through program

5 Oct 2019 by phil.o

Some more links: QAT Persistence[^] Persisting Ribbon State[^]

C++

MDI

How to populate the QAT through program

5 Oct 2019 by Member 11380615

Hello, I have c++ mfc mdi project. It uses ribbon. The application when run displays the QAT. We can manually add elements to the QAT when the application is run. When we send the application to other users they have to manually add elements to the QAT. Is there a way I can add some elements to...

C++

MDI

How to populate the QAT through program

4 Oct 2019 by Richard MacCutchan

Quick Access Toolbar - Google Search[^]

C++

MDI

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

14 Jul 2019 by Richard MacCutchan

Take a look at Using Windows - Windows applications | Microsoft Docs[^].

Win32

MDI

controls

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[] =...

Win32

MDI

controls

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...

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

13 Jul 2019 by Richard MacCutchan

Why not just create it as another child (Edit) window and let the MDI window control its positioning? See How to: Create MDI Child Forms | Microsoft Docs[^] for some sample code.

MDI application icons on window's taskbar showing all open docs

27 Mar 2019 by Member 13999828

I found the answer at: Hello those Who have read or are interested in a solution to this dilemma: I found it at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13255935/how-do-you-make-your-mdi-mfc-app-show-one-instance-in-the-taskbar/55376904#55376904 And it works. best wishes all.

MDI application icons on window's taskbar showing all open docs

27 Mar 2019 by Member 13999828

+I have created an MDI app based on the MFC DocView architecture in the latest version of Visual-Studio, which is working well. However, when the application is running, and its minimised icon is displayed on the desktop TaskBar, all the open documents are displayed along side one-another. Is...

How do I create dialog without menu bar

23 Jan 2019 by Michael Haephrati

If you go over all Windows styles[^], and Extended Windows Styles[^], you should find the answer. Also you can remove the close button using the following code (assuming you get a handle to hwnd): HMENU hMenu = GetSystemMenu( hWnd, 0 ); int nNbItems = GetMenuItemCount(hMenu); ...

MFC

MDI

dialog

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,...

MFC

MDI

dialog

Destroying mfc mdi program and tabs

4 Sep 2018 by saide_a

hi all I have a MFC MDI c++ program, And I want to know is it possible to decide about close one of tabs (sure to close MsgBox) ? something similar to oncancel function in dialogue base program. and also is there a event to close the entire program on closing one of tabs? thanks for your...

C++14

MFC

MDI

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.

C++14

MFC

MDI

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 ...

form

MDI

What is alternative for setpanetext in office style MFC MDI program

25 Jul 2018 by saide_a

Recenlty I was working on MDI MFC standard style program, that I was able to reset pane string with setpanetext function, but now in MFC office style no SetPaneText exits, what can I use in place of that ? What I have tried: m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText(0, _T("Ready"), 1);

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...

C++11

MFC

MDI

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

16 Jul 2018 by saide_a

I have a List control which about 280000 items should be added to that and then display. it takes about 4 minutes for me and my UI goes disable during the time. how can I reduce the Delay time? What I have tried: pTable = new CListCtrl; CString strtemp; for (unsigned int i = 1; i

C++11

MFC

MDI

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...

C++11

MFC

MDI

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...

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...

C++

MFC

MDI

Mfc onvscroll not getting called in MDI main frame class

25 Apr 2018 by Member 11380615

I have a c++ MFC MDI based project using visual studio 2013 community. Mainframe class is derived as class CMainFrame : public CMDIFrameWndEx In mainframe class in pre-create, the scroll bar is set as below. cs.style |= WS_VSCROLL | WS_HSCROLL; An OnVScroll call back function has been added to...

C++

MFC

MDI

MDI container problem

8 Mar 2018 by Maciej Los

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

Visual-Studio

containers

MDI

MDI container problem

8 Mar 2018 by Member 13687101

I made 3 forms in VB C#. After That I made MDI Container. and put My Login form as a child. So, How can i put the rest of forms in my Container? What I have tried: I've tried by following some Youtube Videos. but didn't get it. as I'm new to this field.

Visual-Studio

containers

MDI

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....

MDI

MenuItem

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

MenuItem

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 :...

WPF

MDI

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

5 Feb 2018 by Pete O'Hanlon

From what I can tell, WPF.MDI is a lookless control. This means that you can skin it pretty much anyway that you want. If I were you, I'd take a copy of one of the existing themes[^] and play around with that to get the effect I wanted.

WPF

MDI

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...

WPF

MDI

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

1 May 2017 by Member 11380615

Dear All, I have a MFC MDI project where in on start a maximised MDI child window is created. Later the user can create more MDI children. It is observed that when more children (12 of them) are created by OnFileNew() the existing maximized MDI child is restored and we see the restored mdi...

C++

MFC

MDI

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.

C++

MFC

MDI

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...

.NET

Ribbon

MDI

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...

.NET

Ribbon

MDI

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

20 Feb 2017 by Ravi Bhavnani

I think you're approaching this problem the wrong way.If you want to re-use code that populates a list control from a collection or data source, abstract that functionality into a method in a new helper class (e.g. ListViewHelper) like so:public static PopulateListView (ListView...

.NET

Ribbon

MDI

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?

.NET

Ribbon

MDI

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...

MDI

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

2 Sep 2016 by MayankJani

Dear Friends,I am learning C# windows application. I am working on an MDI form and facing a problem that how to keep a sub-form of a child form within the MDI form. Let me describe the problem...1.I have an MDI form named 'First Form'.2.The MDI form contains menubar named 'Open Second...

MDI

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[^]

MDI

Custom MDI child window title bar drawing

3 Jul 2016 by Member 11380615

I am not able to draw on the non client area of the MDI child window.Please post any code snippet that may work.Regards,Rakesh

C++

MFC

MDI

IE explorer OLE / com lockup in an MFC application

24 Mar 2016 by Simon Langdon

Can anyone provide insight into why the IE Control in our application randomly, infrequently locks up. Because we don't have access to our customer's computers, especially not in a debuggable state, this one's proving really hard to pinpoint. This is an MFC, MDI application where several...

Explorer

lock

MDI

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...

.NET4.5

.NET

MDI

Best way to mdi save to mdichild

18 Feb 2016 by Richard Deeming

Use an Interface[^].Walkthrough: Creating and Implementing Interfaces (Visual Basic)[^]Public Interface ISaveableForm Sub SaveNow()End Interface...Private Sub SaveToolStripButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles...

.NET4.5

.NET

MDI

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...

Crash in debug build for mixed dialog and mdi project

17 Feb 2016 by Member 11380615

Dear All,I am working on a project which is a mixture of dialog and MDI. The project started as a tabbed dialog project. Later MDI was added to it. On clicking one of the tabs the MDI is invoked. Without clicking the a particular tab it remains only a dialog based project.The project works...

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...

C++

MFC

MDI

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)}...

C++

MFC

MDI

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

3 Nov 2015 by Member 12041961

In my project i need to put the inserted data from an edit control in to a double liked list and then print all entries in a List Control.My teacher told me to handle the data in a struct (so i'm not allowed to do this in a class). I put the struct in the ...Doc.h file. The struct looks like...

C++

MFC

MDI

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...

C++

MFC

MDI

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...

C++

MFC

MDI

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

26 Oct 2015 by Member 12041961

I need to insert some data from an edit control in a double linked list.How can i make this?My struct looks like this:typedef struct adr{ char anrede [5]; char vorname [51]; char nachname [51]; char plz [8]; char ort [60]; char strasse [51]; char land...

C++

MFC

MDI

Data from .txt file write in array

19 Oct 2015 by OriginalGriff

Have a look at this: Reading and Writing CSV Files in MFC[^]

C++

MFC

MDI

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.

C++

MFC

MDI

Data from .txt file write in array

19 Oct 2015 by Member 12041961

Data from .txt file write in array.I need to read a .txt file in to an array.exaple of one line in the .txt file:lastname, prename, town, and so on.i need to insert every word in another place in the array.How can i make this?Thanks a lot

C++

MFC

MDI

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[^]

MDI

printing

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,...

MDI

printing

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...

C#5.0

resize

MDI

C# Mdi Child form auto resize problem

21 Jun 2015 by SrgjanX

Why for example, when I load a child form in my MDI container, the form is auto resized?It really need to be perfect looking and thats why i asked here, maybe someone had this problem before and knows the solution, this is how i see the child form in my visual...

C#5.0

resize

MDI

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...

MDI

MDI form with 2 Forms

12 Jun 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

In addition to Solution 1:Here is the idea: who needs MDI, ever? Why torturing yourself and scaring off your users?Do yourself a great favor: do not use MDI at all. You can do much easier to implement design without it, with much better quality. MDI is highly discouraged even by Microsoft,...

MDI

MDI form with 2 Forms

12 Jun 2015 by Member 11660950

I am new to coding so try and be nice :)I have 3 forms, MDI form | Report Viewer Form | Filter FormThe MDI form opens the report form with a report of items pulled from a data table. I added an option for the user to filter the the report by various selections in the filter form. I...

MDI

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...

.NET

WinForms

MDI

a question about mdi

22 May 2015 by xuyunhai

there are four forms in application.one is main form,main form contains three mdi child forms.but i need use splitcontainer component to split child forms,after use split compenent,the mdi child form can't active,why appear this problem? how could i solve this problem.the demo image show...

.NET

WinForms

MDI

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...

.NET

WinForms

MDI

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...

.NET

WinForms

MDI

set panel background transperent

19 Feb 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Unfortunately, with System.Windows.Forms all that semi-transparent control stuff is just not serious. Forget it and consider moving to WPF. In WPF the situation is just the opposite. Anything at all can be semi-transparent.And don't use MDI. This is a separate story. Just don't.—SA

MDI

set panel background transperent

19 Feb 2015 by oronsultan

hey guys,i have an mdi form with background image set to some image. also, i have a panel and in that panel a few buttons. the panel set like this in the form_Load: Panel1.Parent = Me SetStyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor, True) Panel1.BackColor =...

MDI

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 a Child Form from a Dialog from the Main Form C#

10 Feb 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Here is the idea: who needs MDI, ever? Why torturing yourself and scaring off your users?Do yourself a great favor: do not use MDI at all. You can do much easier to implement design without it, with much better quality. MDI is highly discouraged even by Microsoft, in fact, Microsoft dropped it...

MDI

forms

How do I access a Child Form from a Dialog from the Main Form C#

10 Feb 2015 by OriginalGriff

Don't. Pass the info to the main form and let it do the work.Transferring information between two forms, Part 2: Child to Parent[^]

MDI

forms

How do I access a Child Form from a Dialog from the Main Form C#

10 Feb 2015 by Member 4276496

I have made a paint program. The main form is Form1. A Child Form, called FormCanvas, has a pictureBox with a Bitmap Image on which I do all the drawing. From the main Form1 the user can call up several Dialogs to change the Images brightness, contrast, etc. Right now these Dialogs are set up...

MDI

forms

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...

event

MDI

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...

event

MDI

Can we use object of inherited form as a child of MDI Form ? I am getting errors.

30 Oct 2014 by OriginalGriff

From that little, we can;t really answer your problem.But there are a couple of things you can check.First, make sure that the MdiForm instance has the IsMDIContainer property set to true.Then, check exactly where you are executing the code you show above: if the MdiForm instance has not...

MDI

form

inheritance

Can we use object of inherited form as a child of MDI Form ? I am getting errors.

30 Oct 2014 by PrasadKumar

Hello,I have inherited Form1 to Form2. I want to show Form2 as MDI child. But, while showing it throws "Error creating window handle.".Form1: Form{}Form2: Form1{}MdiForm: Form{ Form2 objForm = new Form2(); objForm.MdiParent = this; objForm.WindowState...

MDI

form

inheritance

Make pictureBox Transparent over MDI form - VB.Net

9 Oct 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I guess this is about understanding or "transparency". In raw effect, nothing is transparent: you just have different colors for different pixels, and the pixel is always 100% opaque.The effect of transparency comes up (rather as a metaphor), when you move some object over non-uniform...

picturebox

MDI

Make pictureBox Transparent over MDI form - VB.Net

9 Oct 2014 by oronsultan

o.k guys, the problem today goes like this:I have an MDI form which contains all the other forms obviously.on the main menu of my program (on the MDI form), i want to lay 4 pictureBox's. Now, the BackgroundImage of the mdi is NOT set to none and i am loading my own picture and stretch it....

picturebox

MDI

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

19 Jun 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Basically, MDI is not designed to work with child controls.Here is the idea: who needs MDI, ever? Why torturing yourself and scaring off your users?Do yourself a great favor: do not use MDI at all. You can do much easier to implement design without it, with much better quality. MDI is...

MDI

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.

MDI

mdichild form not showing

18 Jun 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

MDI

mdichild form not showing

18 Jun 2014 by Member 9363513

Hi, just would like to ask if someone encountered the same problem with mine. I have created a vb.net application using 5 forms which form1 is the parent form and the other 4 is the child. I already included all the codes necessary to handle the child forms and it is doing fine but when i...

MDI

930317 - How to avoid flashing mdi parent background?

6 Jun 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

C++

MFC

MDI

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...

C++

MFC

MDI

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...

VB6

MDI

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 =...

VB6

MDI

How could change docs displays in MFC splitter Window?

19 May 2014 by the vacuum

I'm developing an image viewer MFC MDI (with one CView and CDocument)application for displaying a number of images files(stored in PC) in single application window for comparison . The number(upto 4) of images to be showed and its order will change dynamically with user preference. So I created...

MFC

MDI

splitter

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...

MFC

MDI

splitter

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

6 May 2014 by the vacuum

I have developed an MFC MDI application for image viewing with one view and document class.I need to display upto four image files in the same application window. Also the user can have provision to dynamically select number of images files displaying( ie sometimes user will need to display;...

MFC

MDI

splitter

How do I set maximise size for MFC MDI application window ?

30 Apr 2014 by the vacuum

I have developed an MFC MDI application targeted for a dual monitor application scenario. Two monitors are connected to my PC through a graphics card and are set in extended mode. Therefore my desktop is occupied in entire area of two monitors. But I opening the application its only displaying...

MFC

MDI

How do I extend MFC MDI application frame window to dual Monitors?

28 Apr 2014 by the vacuum

I have developed an MDI MFC image viewer application for simultaneously viewing and comparing more than one images. In my application I need to implement dual monitor support which can view the displaying images in two monitors connected to the system and viewer should have provision to arrange...

MFC

MDI

mdi child is not showing

19 Apr 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

WinForms

MDI

mdi child is not showing

19 Apr 2014 by Muhamad Faizan Khan

I am using the following code but the form is not displayed CardType objCard = new CardType(); objCard.MdiParent = this; objCard.Show();when using the following code snippet it worksCardType objCard = new CardType();objCard.Show();why does...

WinForms

MDI