Subj : Re: MDI problem
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Gary Setter" <setterg@worldnet.att.net>
Date : Tue Oct 21 2003 09:39 am


"djwilliams" <djwilliams@chelt.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:3F93E60C.8064BF4B@chelt.ac.uk...
> I am writing the application using win32 directly
<snip>
> I have tried creating the Client After the Toolbar etc.. but the same
thing is
> always happening the client window still fills the whole of the
framewindows
> client area.
<snip>

Hi D. J.

This is the WM_SIZE function that I was talking about. MDIFrameCls is the
main frame window.

BOOL MDIFrameCls::EvSize(UINT /*sizeType*/, SizeCls size)
{
   //figure size of client area, accomidating status bar
   PointCls pt(0,0);
   RectCls statusrect;
   if ( GetClientRect(HStatusBar,&statusrect)) {
  SendMessage(HStatusBar, WM_SIZE, 0, 0); //status bar resizes its self
  size.cy -= statusrect.Height();
   }
   if (ToolBar) {
    HWND bar = ToolBar->GetHandle();
      if (bar) {
       RectCls rect;
       if ( GetClientRect(bar,&rect)) {
          pt.y = rect.Height();
            size.cy -= rect.Height();
            //status bar resizes its self
            SendMessage(bar, WM_SIZE, 0, 0);
         }
      }
   }
   if (ToolBar || HStatusBar) {
  MoveWindow(HMdiClient, pt.x,pt.y,size.cx,size.cy,true);
      return TRUE;
   }
   return FALSE;
}

I also needed to make the background brush for the main frame a null brush
so that I didn't paint over the toolbar/clientarea/statusbar.

Best regards,
Gary

You can see the result at http://home.att.net/~setterg

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