Q155141: HOWTO: How To Add a Toolbar in an MDI Child Window

Article: Q155141
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): winnt:4.0,4.1,4.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDocView kbMDI kbMFC kbToolbar KbUIDesign kbVC kbGrpDSMFCATL kbMFCCtrlBar
Last Modified: 06-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), used with:
   - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 4.0, 4.1 
   - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, version 4.2 
   - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, version 4.2 
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SUMMARY
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By default, an AppWizard-generated MDI application has a toolbar in its main
application window (CMDIFrameWnd-derived class). This toolbar is shared by all
the MDI child windows (CMDIChildWnd-derived class) in the application. In some
cases, it would be useful to have a toolbar appear in each MDI child window.
This is demonstrated in the following sample code.

Because CMDIChildWnd is a CFrameWnd-derived class, the toolbar in an MDI child
window may be dockable. This can be easily achieved by calling such functions as
EnableDocking() and DockControlBar().

Sample Code
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Steps to create a toolbar in an MDI child window:

1. Create a CMDIChildWnd-derived class using ClassWizard if one is missing.
  Remember to use this derived class in the CMultiDocTemplate statement in the
  CWinApp::InitInstance() function.

2. Add a member variable of type CToolBar to the CMDIChildWnd-derived class.

     class CChildFrame : public CMDIChildWnd
     {
     ...
         CToolBar    m_wndToolBar;
     }

3. Override the OnCreate() function in your CMDIChildWnd-derived class using
  ClassWizard.

4. Add the following code to the OnCreate() function of your CMDIChildWnd-
  derived class:

     int CChildFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
     {
         if (CMDIChildWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
             return -1;

         // Create a toolbar window.  IDR_CHILDFRAME is the resource name
         // of the toolbar to be loaded.
         if (!m_wndToolBar.Create(this) ||
             !m_wndToolBar.LoadToolBar(IDR_CHILDFRAME))
         {
             TRACE0("Failed to create toolbar\n");
             return -1;      // fail to create
         }

         // TODO: Remove this if you don't want tool tips or a
         // resizeable toolbar
         m_wndToolBar.SetBarStyle(m_wndToolBar.GetBarStyle() |
             CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC);

         // TODO: Delete these three lines if you don't want the toolbar
         // to be dockable
         m_wndToolBar.EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
         EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
         DockControlBar(&m_wndToolBar);

         return 0;
     }

REFERENCES
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For information on using ClassWizard, please refer to VC++ Books Online.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.10 4.20 kbdse

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Keywords          : kbDocView kbMDI kbMFC kbToolbar KbUIDesign kbVC kbGrpDSMFCATL kbMFCCtrlBar 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbMFC
Version           : winnt:4.0,4.1,4.2
Issue type        : kbhowto

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