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Hello,

I have problem with parent wundow. I create MFC project based on

CDialog as a main window of application. creator does it in OnInstance

method of class derived from CWin|App. I woul like to change the

CDialog class to CWnd. I would like to make CWnd instance and use

CreateEx method to create it. as parent parameter I write NULL, becouse

I want my window to be main window. but CreateEx always return FALSE.

Could onybody help me??

regards

woyt/.


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If you are directly using CWnd derived class means, first you have to

register a window class and then use CreateEx



CString csClassName = AfxRegisterWndClass(0, ::LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW),

(HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1), ::LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION));

int iRet = pWnd->CreateEx(0, csClassName, "Test",

WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW|WS_VISIBLE, 0,0, 100,100, NULL, NULL);



Instead of using CWnd, it is better to use CFrameWnd, it is easy to create

and provides lot of functinalities.



pWnd->Create(NULL, "Test");

pWnd->ShowWindow(SW_NORMAL);



-VSP



"yopwojtek" <yopwojtek@wp.pl>wrote in message



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You shold at least use CFrameWnd or its derived class as a parent.

Thats what it is meant for. You can have nothing buy a CFrameWnd, no

doc, view etc. I would go that way instead of messing around with CWnd

and reaching exactly where CFrameWnd already is.



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Ajay Kalra

ajaykalra@yahoo.com



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Unless I'm reading this wrong... why not just create an SDI program where

you could have any kind of view you want and they are all based on CWnd?

That might save you trouble over trying to convert the older program.



Tom



"yopwojtek" <yopwojtek@wp.pl>wrote in message



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it works:) thanks a lot!!!! i registered class window in my application

early but got wrong extended styles in CreateEx method. You got nothing

as parameter, i did the same and is ok.

thanks

best regards

woyt



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It is really easier to create SDI via wizard but I need to hav CWnd

base window. And I got it:)

regards

Woyt/.



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Great. I hope that works out for you. That's the nice thing about the

community groups here. You get lots of suggestions to choose from so you

almost always get some sort of answer at the end of the day ...



Tom



"yopwojtek" <yopwojtek@wp.pl>wrote in message



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