Try catching the WM_SIZE/WM_SIZING message but don't resize anything. I don't know how to hide the maximize/restore button. Here are a couple links you may find interesting: OnSizing http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcmfc98/html/\_mfc\_cwnd.3a3a.onsizing.asp OnSize http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcmfc98/html/\_mfc\_cwnd.3a3a.onsize.asp Hope that helps.

I'm working on a personal project using MFC. I'm still a beginner with it, however One thing that I'm having problems with is trying to figure out how to communicate between the different components of my application. I have a Main Frame window with the Report Control View (http://www.codeproject.com/miscctrl/reportctrl.asp), a toolbar, and a menu. Now, what I would like to do is allow the user to delete/edit entries in the view using the keyboard (catching windows messages for the view) and also using the toolbar and menu on the main window. How can I communicate with the view through the main window class? I'm finding it confusing trying to figure out the message maps for both view and frame. I'm sure it will fall together when I get other peoples' ideas. I hope my description wasn't too confusing :) Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks everyone. After a long and hard battle trying to do it myself without the wizard I have to admit to defeat. I cannot get it working without having debug assertions flying left and right. So I have seen the err in my ways and have switched to the dark side. After only about twenty minutes of getting familiar with the wizards I finally have my splitter window working. :)

Hello everybody. I'm trying to create a fairly simple test application using MFC _without_ the AppWizard (I hate wizards). I'm trying to implement a static vertically split window with a different view in each pane. I have had no luck so far; I keep getting an assertion error within winocc.cpp when I try to run it (I've tried debugging, but don't understand a lot of the code in winocc.cpp). Now my question is this: Could someone show me a simple app implementing a vertical splitter window with two different views (without using the AppWizard)? I don't need anything fancy, just a bare bones SDI app.