BalajiS
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Conditionally allow creation of new Child Frames in an MDI application using MFC
Hello,
I have written an MDI application using Visual C++ and MFC 6 with Doc/View support. The UI is like this: MDI App with each Child Frame divided into 2 Views with a SplitterWnd, first one a CEditView derived class where the user can enter any Sql query. Second, a CView derived class where the results of the query are displayed in a child Grid control which resizes fully to cover the parent view. This is what I want to accomplish:
When the user chooses File->New (CWinApp::OnFileNew()), I want to present a modal dialog with UserName,Password and a list of valid Dsn's. If the connection is succussfully, allow the framework to create the new child frame with the 2 Views, if he clicks cancel, the new child frame with the 2 views should not be created. I have created the dialog and tested it, no issues there.
I want to know where to put code so that the I can stop the MFC architechture from creating the new child frame when the validation fails. Please help me out in this regard.
Thanks,
Balaji
I have written an MDI application using Visual C++ and MFC 6 with Doc/View support. The UI is like this: MDI App with each Child Frame divided into 2 Views with a SplitterWnd, first one a CEditView derived class where the user can enter any Sql query. Second, a CView derived class where the results of the query are displayed in a child Grid control which resizes fully to cover the parent view. This is what I want to accomplish:
When the user chooses File->New (CWinApp::OnFileNew()), I want to present a modal dialog with UserName,Password and a list of valid Dsn's. If the connection is succussfully, allow the framework to create the new child frame with the 2 Views, if he clicks cancel, the new child frame with the 2 views should not be created. I have created the dialog and tested it, no issues there.
I want to know where to put code so that the I can stop the MFC architechture from creating the new child frame when the validation fails. Please help me out in this regard.
Thanks,
Balaji
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That's ok, you can close the question. I have been able to solve it completely.
Thanks,
Balaji
Thanks,
Balaji
ASKER
The only issue remaining is that how do I tackle MRU menu items. I understand MFC uses a pre-wired handler for ID_FILE_MRU_1 and opens the document dyanmically from the selection. Can I handle this too ?
Balaji