Re: Get MDI client area?

From:
Peter Boulton <peter@data*nospam*perceptions.co.uk>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 20 May 2009 16:35:38 +0100
Message-ID:
<mn.a3e37d95b166979b.89290@datanospamperceptions.co.uk>
THANK YOU! Your code is spot-on!

(The GetSystemMetrics calls and the adjustment to the CRect are no
longer needed with your code. I'm sure you know that, but for anyone
coming to this thread...)

Many thanks again!

Pete

AliR (VC++ MVP) wrote on 20/05/2009 :

Where are you calling the dialog box from? Is you event handler to bring up
the dialog box in the CMainFrame?
If so I would simply get the rectangle before you call DoModal and pass it to
the dialog.

If for some reason you don't want to do that, then you can do this:

void CMDIArrangeDlg::GetMDIClientRect()
{
int nCaptionHeight=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYCAPTION),
nEdgeThickness=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSIZEFRAME),
nMenuHeight=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYMENU);

// Get the MDI client area
CMainFrame *pFrame = (CMainFrame *)AfxGetMainWnd();
::GetClientRect(pFrame->m_hWndMDIClient,&m_rectPos);

// Subtract height of title bar and width of edge * 2
m_rectPos.bottom-=((nEdgeThickness*4)+nCaptionHeight+nMenuHeight);
m_rectPos.right-=((nEdgeThickness*4));
}

But I highly encourage you to put your handler for the dialogbox in the frame
class, and pass the rect into the constructor of the dialog.

AliR.

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