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Forums » Prof-UIS General Discussion » MS Excel-like tabs in MDI child frame or view Collapse All
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Roger Taplin Feb 14, 2006 - 5:37 PM

Being new to Prof-UIS I’m impressed by the flexibility and elegance of the library, but I’m continually overwhelmed by the complexity of your samples. I’ve run Doxygen on your source code to simplify the process of inspecting class relationships and class methods, but I’m finding that I’m spending an inordinate amount of time trawling through your library and sample source code to implement basic features.


On the matter of documentation, it would be a considerable help if the Prof-UIS help provided summary listings of class methods and related classes, accessible by entering a class name into the index.


My problem is that I want to implement Excel-like tabs to activate alternate views of an MDI document. One of the views is associated with a docked control bar in the parent child frame. The control bar is visible while the view is active, and hidden otherwise.


I need to retain the standard MDI architecture to easily access Print Preview, etc.


I’ve successfully implemented a version using a 2 button toolbar in the child frame. Pressing the buttons hides/displays the control bar and switches the viewing mode. However, I would much prefer to substitute flat tabs for the toolbar.


I note from searching through this forum that you have addressed this requirement or something very similar before, and that you sent an appropriate example to the previous enquirer. I would be very grateful for an appropriate sample that can point me in the right direction.

Technical Support Feb 16, 2006 - 2:14 AM

We try to make a kind of "real life" samples and that is why some of them may be quite large in size. We may need to create a set of simple samples. Thank you for this suggestion.

In fact, an updated version of the documentation, which features summary listings of class methods as in MSDN, is almost ready and we can provide you with this update within a few days on your request.

You said that you want to substitute flat tabs for the toolbar in the child frame. Would you send us a screenshot which shows the details?

Alfonso Bastias Feb 15, 2006 - 12:21 AM

Looking something similar. So to: Technical support if you can post a simple example will be very welcome.


Alfonso