Re: Using SDI archetecture
Dave Cullen wrote:
I'm writing an application that is a CFormView based SDI.
I'm looking to simulate pushing one of the buttons in the main form
after checking for certain conditions on startup. Right now I'm doing
the checking during InitInstance of the app.cpp. But it seems that the
form view objects and methods are not known at this level.
Is it possible to call one the View class dialog methods (button press)
or write to the form controls (edit box) from within the app.cpp
InitInstance? Or is there another place in the view class where I can
make "startup" checks?
Thanks
The view and its controls do exist near the end of InitInstance, after
the command line has been processed. What is the problem you describe
as "are not known at this level"?
Or perhaps an easier solution for you would be to do the checking in the
view's OnInitialUpdate member function. After it calls the base class
OnInitialUpdate all controls are initialized and available.
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