Re: Opening a new window from the main window
First of all what kind of application do you have Dialog based, SDI, or MDI.
I don't know why they told you that you can't make another window of the
same type, you make as many windows of the same kind as you like, but they
will all do the same thing.
Generally if you want to display two types of information you would create
two different window classes (or CView derived class) where each displays
their data in their own way.
For example if you have an MDI application you can have two different views
(CTextView and CGraphView) both owned by the same document that would
display the same data in two different ways.
AliR.
<fred.zakity@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I am trying to open a new window from the main window in MFC.
I would like to launch a new window from the main window using a menu
selection on the main window. The secondary window should be of the
same type as the main window. I want the secondary window to draw a
graph in. Can this be done in MFC? A few people I have spoken to have
told me that it's not possible and that one must use a (modeless)
dialog box or some other type of window for the secondary window. Help
appreciated.
fred.
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