different MDI Child opening same file

[DerekSaw]

It seems that MFC don't allow me to open documents with the same name...... I JUST WANT to have my MDI apps able to *open* and read multiple documents with the same name...i.e. my OnOpenDocument() will be called everytime even if i'm opening another file with the same name... I don't want them to have views sharing the same doc... because at later time I'm going to add different things into all of them.... and maybe have them output data eg. filename.001 for view 1, filename.002 for view 2..... Pls help.

[Tomasz Sowinski]

The code you want to change is located in the CDocManager MFC class; its virtual function OpenDocumentFile checks if document is already open. You'd have to derive CYourDocManager and change the OpenDocumentFile method. KB article Q198538 has sample which reportedly uses its own CDocManager to provide multiple extensions for one doc type. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

What is "scratch" and why can everything be made from it?