MDI Windows Manager Dialog

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What's this?

This article describes how to implement a Windows Manager dialog. It manages currently open windows (Activate, Save, Close, Tile, Cascade, Minimize).

How to use it?

1. Add to your CMainFrame a class member variable of type CMDIClient. A good practice is to keep the variables protected (or private).

2. Then, within the OnCreate() handler, add the following code:

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
    if (CMDIFrameWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
       return -1;
	
     // Subclass the MDI client window
     VERIFY(m_MDIClient.SubclassWindow(m_hWndMDIClient));

     return 0;
}

3. Copy to your project the provided IDD_WINDOW_MANAGE dialog resource (from WindowManager.rct).

4. Add the following resource strings:

ID	Caption	Description
IDS_WINDOW_WINDOWS	"&Windows..."	Menu text
ID_WINDOW_MANAGE	"Manages the currently open windows.\nWindows List"	Message prompt

5. Add a handler to command ID_WINDOW_MANAGE and add the following code.

void CMainFrame::OnWindowManage()
{
    m_MDIClient.ManageWindows(this);
}

6. Build and run your application.

7. Go to Window menu and click on "Windows..."

Unicode?

Unicode has not been tested, but it should work.