MDI child windows does not show in the Window menu

Jens Dein

Delphi Developer

Sun, 27 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

MDI child windows does not show in the Window menu

Hi,

I have a problem to get the MDI child windows to appear in the open windows
list in the windows menu.

I am using D4.02 and the main menu is displayed on a toolbar as seperate
toolbuttons. I have attached the window menu to the WindowMenu property of
the main form.

Shoulden't this work fine?

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Brian Wheatle

Delphi Developer

Sun, 27 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Re:MDI child windows does not show in the Window menu

You must set the MDI parent form's WindowMenu property if you want Delphi to
do this for you automatically.

Peter Belo

Delphi Developer

Sun, 27 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Re:MDI child windows does not show in the Window menu

Quote

> I have a problem to get the MDI child windows to appear in the open windows
> list in the windows menu.

> I am using D4.02 and the main menu is displayed on a toolbar as seperate
> toolbuttons. I have attached the window menu to the WindowMenu property of
> the main form.

> Shoulden't this work fine?

Jens,

no, the MDI interface (part of Windows) predates all this "menu on a toolbar"
nonsense, it looks for a genuine window menu to add the childs to and does
not find one in your scenario. So: no windows on the Windows menu <g>!

Peter Below (TeamB) 100113.1...@compuserve.com)
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David Livel

Delphi Developer

Sun, 27 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Re:MDI child windows does not show in the Window menu

Of course, you can do this manually by adding/removing menu items every time
you open or close a child window. A bit more painful than the old way, but
you won't have to rethink your menu structure.

Dave Lively

Quote

>no, the MDI interface (part of Windows) predates all this "menu on a
toolbar"
>nonsense, it looks for a genuine window menu to add the childs to and does
>not find one in your scenario. So: no windows on the Windows menu <g>!

Andrew Che

Delphi Developer

Fri, 08 Jun 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Re:MDI child windows does not show in the Window menu

AnimatedMenus/98 can do it for you -- automatically.

And looks much better than one from Delphi.

Sincerely, Andrew

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David Lively wrote in message <74n3co$c...@forums.borland.com>...
>Of course, you can do this manually by adding/removing menu items every
time
>you open or close a child window. A bit more painful than the old way, but
>you won't have to rethink your menu structure.

>Dave Lively

>>no, the MDI interface (part of Windows) predates all this "menu on a
>toolbar"
>>nonsense, it looks for a genuine window menu to add the childs to and does
>>not find one in your scenario. So: no windows on the Windows menu <g>!

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