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I am trying to move the child window of a MDI app out of the client window and to get it to float above the desktop. &nbsp;As soon as I get them all to float, I will hide the client area and the frame.<br />
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I can't change it from WS_CHILD to WS_POPUP, as the program crashes, and I can't change the parent, as it will crash there too. &nbsp;I can remove the WS_EX_MDICHILD, but it doesn't do anything. &nbsp;I've tried subclassing the window, changing on WM_SHOWWINDOW, and WM_CREATE, but it just doesn't seem to want to work. Any ideas?<br />
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(I am doing this system wide, so its not a weird app design, I am working on an interface change. &nbsp;You can see an earlier beta at <a href="http://www.qwlsoft.com" rel="ugc">www.qwlsoft.com</a>&nbsp;if you want to see what I mean)<br />

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I am trying to move the child window of a MDI app out of the client window and to get it to float above the desktop.  As soon as I get them all to float, I will hide the client area and the frame.

I can't change it from WS_CHILD to WS_POPUP, as the program crashes, and I can't change the parent, as it will crash there too.  I can remove the WS_EX_MDICHILD, but it doesn't do anything.  I've tried subclassing the window, changing on WM_SHOWWINDOW, and WM_CREATE, but it just doesn't seem to want to work. Any ideas?

(I am doing this system wide, so its not a weird app design, I am working on an interface change.  You can see an earlier beta at www.qwlsoft.com if you want to see what I mean)


Moving MDI Child windows out of the client?

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