hello everybody,
    I have an application that get, through a function in a DLL, an instance
of a class, be it TDClass;
It then calls TDClass::ShowChildForm that goes something like this:

TForm *TDClass::ShowChildForm(TForm *owner) {
  _myForm = new TF_Child(owner, this);
        // TF_Child, as you can imagine, is a TForm descendant,
        // where FormStyle is fsMDIChild...

  _myForm->Visible = true;
  _myForm->Show();
  return _myForm;

The child is actually created (I can see its border), but the client area
does not receive any WM_PAINT message... until I resize it... what is wrong?
Might the main form not update MDIChildren before redrawing itself?

TIA,
    Rony.

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Rony Cesana.

Progetto Torre di Pisa,
Scuola Normale Superiore.
http://www.cribecu.sns.it
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Rony,

There are more than a few difficulties surrounding the use of MDI applicaitons
with DLLs. You might want to take a look at this document and see if your
situation matches:
http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,20877,00.html

I believe there are other douments that address this problem on the Borland
site. Search for them here: http://search.borland.com

Vincent Drake
Borland Technical Support