OpenEuphoria

Re: WS_CHILD

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Aug 23, 2001
• 511 views

>
> How come when i create a child window like this,
>
> constant
>      WIN = create( Window, "Parent", 0,0,300,300,0),
>      CHILD = create( Window, "Child", 10,10,100,100, WS_CHILD)
>
> and then open the child window, the child window looks like it isn't
> active?(The top bar is gray)  Is there a way to make the window active?

Hi Jon,
I've been trying a number of different ways to activate the CHILD windows
but without success. it appears that Windows does not allow child windows
created in this manner to have an "active" caption bar.

It maybe that you should investigate the MDI (Multiple Document Interface)
style of programs that does allows this sort of thing. I did a short study
and it doesn't look trivial. This style of interface is losing favour
amongst UI specialists so you might want to rethink your design in the light
of this.

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Derek.