Advanced MFC Programming

Chapter 3. Splitter Window
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!m_wndSpMain.CreateView
(
0, 0, RUNTIME_CLASS(CSpwView), CSize(100, 100), pContext
)
TRACE0("Failed to create first pane\n");
return FALSE;
!m_wndSpSub.CreateStatic
(
&m_wndSpMain, 2, 1,
WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, m_wndSpMain.IdFromRowCol(0, 1)
)
TRACE0("Failed to create nested splitter\n");
return FALSE;
!m_wndSpSub.CreateView
(
0, 0, RUNTIME_CLASS(CSpwFView), CSize(50, 50), pContext
)
TRACE0("Failed to create second pane\n");
return FALSE;
!m_wndSpSub.CreateView
(
1, 0, RUNTIME_CLASS(CSpwEView), CSize(50, 50), pContext
)
TRACE0("Failed to create third pane\n");
return FALSE;
}
return TRUE;
For an MDI application, everything is almost the same except that here CChildFrame replaces class
CMainFrame. We can create an MDI application, declare m_wndSpMain and m_wndSpSub variables in class
CChildFrame, and add code to CChildFrame::OnCreateClient(…) to create splitter windows. The code
required here is exactly the same with implementing splitter window in an SDI application. Sample
3.1\MDI\Spw demonstrates this.
3.2 Dynamic Splitter Window
Once we understand how to create static splitter window, it is easier for us to create dynamic splitter
window because it takes fewer steps. For a dynamic splitter window, all panes are created to be the same
type of view, so there is no need to call function CSplitterWnd::CreateView(…) for each individual pane.
Also, instead of calling CSplitterWnd::CreateStatic(…), we need to call function CSplitterWnd::
Create(…) to create dynamic splitter window within function CFrameWnd::OnCreateClient(…). The
following is the format of function CSplitterWnd::Create(…):
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