MDI non-themed max/min boxes

picazo

Hello. When creating a MDI application (with MFC AppWizard VC++ 6.0) you have the choice of excluding the maximize/minimize boxes for the child frames. When creating my MDI app, I chose to not have the maximize/minimize boxes, but to have the child frames start in 'maximize mode'. However, when the child frames are viewed in 'maximized mode', the non-themed minimize and maximize buttons are still drawn. Is there a way to remove or at least disable the non-themed maximize/minimize buttons? ----------------- Genaro

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You can remove WS_MAXIMIZEBOX and WS_MINIMIZEBOX from the concerned window's style.

BOOL CChildFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs)
{
//Modify the Window class or styles here by modifying the CREATESTRUCT cs

`cs.style&=~(WS_MAXIMIZEBOX|WS_MINIMIZEBOX);`
if( !CMDIChildWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs) )
	return FALSE;

return TRUE;

}

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picazo

I tried that in the BOOL CChildFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs) function. However, that only removes the boxes if the child frame is not in 'maximized mode'. What function should I edit/override to also remove the non-themed buttons (those show when in maximized mode)? Thank you very much, ----------------- Genaro

Owner drawn

This is going to be dirty... X| Remove WS_SYSMENU style from the window style.

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picazo

Thank you very much for the help... I am almost there. The only thing is that removing the WS_SYSMENU also removes the [x], which I would like to keep. Is it possible to do that? Thanks, ----------------- Genaro

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picazo wrote:

WS_SYSMENU also removes the [x],

Yeah that's why I told it's dirty.

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