◄CWnd► ◄Up► ◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back► ──Microsoft Foundation Classes────────────────────────────────────────────── Description The CMDIFrameWnd class provides the functionality of a Windows multiple document interface (MDI) frame window, and also provides members for managing the window. To create a useful MDI frame window for your application, derive a class from CMDIFrameWnd. Add member variables to the derived class to store data specific to your application. Implement message-handler member functions and a message map in the derived class to specify what happens when messages are directed to the window. You create an MDI frame window in two steps. First, call the constructor CMDIFrameWnd to construct the CMDIFrameWnd object, then call the ◄Create► member function to create the MDI frame window and attach it to the CMDIFrameWnd object. Construction can be a one-step process in a derived class. Write a constructor for the derived class and call Create from within the constructor. When the user terminates your MDI frame window, destroy the CMDIFrameWnd object, or call the DestroyWindow member function, which CMDIFrameWnd inherits from class CWnd, to remove the CMDIFrameWnd and destroy its data structures. If you allocate any memory in the CMDIFrameWnd object, override the CMDIFrameWnd destructor to dispose of the allocations. See Also ◄CWnd►, ◄CFrameWnd►, ◄CMDIChildWnd► Public Members Construction/Destruction ◄CMDIFrameWnd► Constructs a CMDIFrameWnd. Initialization ◄Create► Creates and attaches the Windows MDI frame window associated with the CMDIFrameWnd object. ◄CreateClient► Fills out a CLIENTCREATESTRUCT and creates a Windows MDICLIENT window for this CMDIFrameWnd. Called by the OnCreate member function. Operations ◄MDIActivate► Activates a different MDI child window. ◄MDICascade► Arranges all child windows in a cascade format. ◄MDIGetActive► Retrieves the current active MDI child window, along with a flag indicating whether the child is maximized or not. ◄MDIIconArrange► Arranges all minimized document child windows. ◄MDIMaximize► Maximizes an MDI child window. ◄MDINext► Activates the child window immediately behind the currently active child window and places the currently active child window behind all other child windows. ◄MDIRestore► Restores an MDI child window from maximized or minimized size. ◄MDISetMenu► Replaces the menu of an MDI frame window, the Window pop-up menu, or both. ◄MDITile► Arranges all child windows in a tiled format. ◄GetChildFrame► Returns the active MDI child. Data Members ◄m_hWndMDIClient► The HWND for the MDICLIENT window. Windows 3.1 Functions ◄MDITile► Arranges all the child windows of an MDI client window in a tiled format. ◄MDICascade► Arranges all the child windows of an MDI client window in a cascaded format. -♦-