MFC Messages

[baerten]

I have a MDI Project With a MainFrm (1) There i open Child-Windows of type CMDIChildWnd (2) A View of element as type CFormView (3) And the content of the View is a Dialog (made with the Ressource Designer) (4) If i start the applic and hit a key on the ChildWindow. Which element does get the OnKeyDown Event? 2 & 3 does it not get. It's logic that the "highest" Element receive the message -> 4: The Dialog But i "linked" myself the Dialog to the CFormView ... I saw that it's possible to create directly the CFormView from out the Designer with "Add Class" Now i don't have a reaction if i hit a key on the Childform Is it absolute necessairy to create the CFormView with the Designer? In my CFormView i have afx_msg void OnKeyDown(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags); BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(TheViewClass, CFormView) . . . ON_WM_KEYDOWN() END_MESSAGE_MAP() void TheViewClass::OnKeyDown(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags) { CFormView::OnKeyDown(nChar, nRepCnt, nFlags); // BREAKPOINT HERE } Is it the right procedure to make ChildForms ? Big thanks

[tuxyboy]

The event goes to the elemenet that has the focus. Check differences between onchar and onkeydown events....

[baerten]

Ok i see, that seems logic So i need to have in each class, that has the focus, a Message-Handler for KeyDown with the corresponding afx_msg On_KeyDown If i want catch a KeyDown on an CEdit Textbox, i need to derive a class from CEdit that has a OnKeyDown ... correct? :wtf: Can i say this->getParent()->getParent() to access the MainForm ? Many thanks ! :) All these questions aren't in MFC Books, so it's hard to find a resolution by myself:~