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Creating MDI Based Application

  1. In Visual C++, select New from File menu.

  2. You will see "New" dialog. I section Projects select OWL AppExpert for VC. Enter project name, location and press Ok

  3. Will appear first Step of OWL AppExpert - Selection Module Type: Windows GUI Application and Press Next button.

  4. In this Step you have to select Windows model for our application, we creating SDI based application so choice is "MDI (Multi Document)". Additional options: Document/View, For simple application you don't need Doc/View model. It's your decision to use or not to use Document/View model, and it's very depends on application you developing. Press Next to go to next Step.

  5. Next Step offer to you various options. Some of them not applicable for your application and even you select them, nothing happens. Options "Mail" currently applicable only for Document/View application. Press next button.

  6. Administrative options: this strings will be inserted in to header of *.h and *.cpp files, you will able change them later in ClassExpert. Press Next.

  7. In this Step you can change Titles for your application, windows styles and Background color.

  8. In next Dialog you can select MDI Client base class and name of your class, filters, used in FileOpen dialog. If you select use Document/View you will also see option select base Document. This is a last page, now press Finish button

  9. On "New Project Information" dialog, press Enter.

  10. Press enter on "Important notes" Dialog.

  11. Now you have to reload VC project. This is due to some settings, OWL AppExpert doing directly in VC project file, limitation VC interface not allows do this in other way. If you will save VC project this setting will be overridden and lost. So press Alt-F-K (close project)  and Alt-F-R-1 (Open last closed project).

  12. .Its All :)

Revised: June 10, 2000.


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