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From: bieniekb@nixsin.UUCP (Beate Bieniek-Moores)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Status Window in Application using MDI
Keywords: MDI
Message-ID: <1984@nixsin.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 91 13:51:12 GMT
Organization: Nixdorf Regional HQ Pte Ltd, Singapore
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# In article <1978@nixsin.UUCP> bieniekb@nixsin.UUCP (Beate Bieniek-Moores) writes:
# >Does anybody know how the Windows File Manager sets up the status line
# >window positioned at the bottom of the frame window?
# >
# >I wrote a program doing this without MDI and it works fine (statusline
# >created as child window, processing of WM_SIZE messages of the
# >parent window etc.).
# >
# >However, integrating these codes into a program using MDI leads to the
# >following problem:
# >
# >The child windows can be moved over the statusline, covering it up. When
# >these child windows are moved away again, the statusline does not get
# >re-painted. I am really kind of blurr (this is Sing-lish) about this...
# >
#
# I had the same problem on a project I was working on.  Here is how I solved
# it.
#   1) In the WM_CREATE for the FrameWindow create the MDIClient window with
#      sizes of 0,0,0,0 (x,y,nx,ny).
#   2) After the MDIClient has been created, create the StatusLine window as
#      a child of the FrameWindow with sizes of 0,0,0,0.
#   3) In the WM_SIZE message for the FrameWindow, do the following
#
#          RECT rc;
#          GetClientRect(hFrameWindow, &rc);
#          MoveWindow(hStatusLine, 0, rc.bottom - nStatusLineHeight,
#                       rc.right, nStatusLineHeight, TRUE);
#          MoveWindow(hMDIClient, 0, 0,
#                       rc.right, rc.bottom - nStatusLineHeight, TRUE);
#
# What this will do is create a MDIClient window that is smaller than the Frame
# client space.  Hope this helps...
#
# - Keith
#
# ------------
#    Keith.Shafer@SanDiego.NCR.COM


Thanks for your help Keith. It seems a very logical solution to my problem.
However, it may work for you but not for me! It looks as if the Re-
sizing of the client area (MoveWindow(hMDIClient,...) has no effect as I
still can move the MDI child windows over the statusline.
I am still very puzzled, somewhat like 'Alice in Windowsland'.

Any other suggestions?


Thanks and regards,
- Beate