INFO: Retrieving the CMDIChildWnd Parent Window
Article ID: 101184
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Foundation Class Library 4.2, when used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.51
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.52 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q101184
SUMMARY
When creating a CMDIChildWnd, the parent of the multiple document
interface (MDI) window is a "MDICLIENT" control. The handle to the
parent frame window can be retrieved in the following way:
hwnd =::GetParent(lpcreatestruct.hwndParent);
Alternatively, use the following
CMDIFrameWnd* pFrame = (CMDIFrameWnd*)GetParentFrame();
to acquire a pointer to the parent MDI frame window object.
NOTE: GetParentFrame is declared to return a pointer to a CFrameWnd
object, and therefore it is necessary to typecast the result to a
CMDIFrameWnd object.
Additional query words: kbinf 1.00 1.5 1.51 1.52 2.00 2.10 2.5 2.51 2.52 3.00 3.10 4.00
Keywords: kbinfo kbuidesign kbdocview kbmdi KB101184