Activate Document Window in MDI Application

Alexey Shtykov

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8 Dec 2022CPOL2 min read

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Activate a particular document window in MDI application via MFC/C++

Sometimes, you need to activate a particular document window in the MDI application. It has nothing in common with opening the same document. You need it when an event happens, or user changed something somewhere and you need to notify him that one of the opened documents received changes or finished computation or whatever I can’t even imagine. In this case, you need a way to pop the random document…

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Alexey Shtykov

Software Developer (Senior) NetCracker

Russian Federation

I came to the industry at the end of that times when the computer program executes as it was written. I saw a quite big machines, occupied more than 100 square meters for its central processor, but I started my professional activity as a programmer on IBM PC clones. There were different CPU architectures (68k, PowerPC, 386/486, SPARC...) when I began, but Intel defeated them all with Pentium CPU (marketing) family.
I saw the knowledge and technology fragmentation. I saw many technologies started, developed and retired. However, I have not seen many things yet.
I have some experience, but my experience is not perfectly comprehensive. I still have many things to learn and I still cannot make a poker face when I find out some aspects about how the things were designed and works. My experience does not make me an absolute expert in some areas, because these areas are changing. I know some things, but I also understand that some things I know could be useless for nowadays.

Activate Document Window in MDI Application

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