Re: Vista, MFC and Maximizing Child Windows
Joe,
Did you try under Vista. The same test I did works fine in XP. I'm not
sure I think it's XP either, but other MDI programs I have seem to work OK.
Strange bug. It could certainly be a driver problem under Vista. I get all
kinds of redraw problems when using VS 2005 and switching between windows
(they don't redraw often until I reclick on the tab for the window).
Tom
"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message
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Are you sure this isn't just your display? I just tried one of my MDI
apps in VS2005 and
it fills the screen edge to edge.
Note that it is unlikely that this has anything at all to do with MFC,
since window
maximizing is a function of the kernel, not MFC. Therefore, "fixing" it
in MFC would not
even be a concept that could apply.
Do you have other MDI apps that exhibit correct behavior?
On the other hand, that error you describe is a common error with
displays. I have a KVM
switch that lets me switch from one machine to another,and every once in a
while when I
switch the display does not resynchronize properly and I get all my
windows offset to the
left by about 1/8". I thne have to hit one of the buttons on the display
to force it to
resynchronize. Sometimes it is off by 3", although that particular one
doesn't happen
very often.
joe
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