MULTICON Demonstrates Dynamic Icons

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Two simple view classes are used to demonstrate dynamic icons: CRectView and CEllipseView. These classes draw a random rectangle and a random ellipse, respectively. CWinApp::OnIdle is overridden to invalidate each open view and each minimized frame window. The MULTICON sample also demonstrates how to scale the output from an open view to fit a minimized frame, and how to convert the minimized frame's output to an icon during a drag operation.

*For Windows 3.1, subject to change in future versions of Windows.

Feature (How to...)                            Location(s)
-------------------                            -----------
Generate random rectangles ................... RECTVIEW.CPP
                                               CRectView::OnDraw

Generate random ellipses ..................... ELLPSEVW.CPP:
                                               CEllipseView::OnDraw

Register a window class with a NULL
icon ......................................... MAINFRM.CPP:
                                               CMainFrame::PreCreateWindow

Render on a minimized CMDIFrameWnd using the
application's active view .................... CMainFrame::OnPaint

Convert the display of a minimized
CMDIFrameWnd to an icon ...................... CMainFrame::QueryDragIcon

Enable OnIdle processing while a menu or
modal dialog is displayed .................... CMainFrame::OnEnterIdle

Render on a minimized CMDIChildWnd using the   
associated view .............................. ICONWND.CPP:
                                               CIconWnd::OnPaint

Convert the display of a minimized
CMDIChildWnd to an icon ...................... CIconWnd::QueryDragIcon

Drive animated views and icons in the          
background ................................... MULTICON.CPP:
                                               CMulticonApp::OnIdle