The following is a tutorial on how to create an MDI application using the Visual Studio 6.0 Application Wizard that will have Office style menus and toolbars. The same technique can be used for later versions of Visual Studio .NET as well.
Create a simple MDI application using the MFC AppWizard: ? From Visual Studio and select ‘File’ then ‘New’ and select the ‘Projects’ tab.
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Choose MFC Appwizard(exe) as your project type and enter ‘MDISample’ as the
project name.
? For the first step, make sure that \‘Finish’ button.
Add Xtreme CommandBars components:
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Add the following line to your StdAfx.h file:
Xtreme Toolkit Pro users:
#include
Xtreme CommandBars users:
#include
#include
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In your MainFrm.h file you need to change your base class to be
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CXTPMDIFrameWnd (CXTPFrameWnd for SDI applications):
class CMainFrame : public CXTPMDIFrameWnd
{ ... };
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If you plan to override either PreTranslateMessage or OnWndMsg make sure that
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you call the CXTPMDIFrameWnd base class, for example:
BOOL CMainFrame::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg) {
// TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class
return CXTPMDIFrameWnd::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg); }
BOOL CMainFrame::OnWndMsg(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, LRESULT* pResult) {
// TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class
return CXTPMDIFrameWnd::OnWndMsg(message, wParam, lParam, pResult); }
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Replace int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) function to
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int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) {
if (CMDIFrameWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1) return -1;
// Create Status bar.
// Important: All control bars including the Status Bar // must be created before CommandBars.... if (!m_wndStatusBar.Create(this) ||
!m_wndStatusBar.SetIndicators(indicators, sizeof(indicators)/sizeof(UINT))) {
TRACE0(\ return -1; // fail to create }
// Initialize the Command Bar if (!InitCommandBars()) return -1;
// Get a pointer to the Command Bar object.
CXTPCommandBars* pCommandBars = GetCommandBars(); if(pCommandBars == NULL) {
TRACE0(\ return -1; // fail to create }
// Add the menu bar
CXTPCommandBar* pMenuBar = pCommandBars->SetMenu( _T(\ if(pMenuBar == NULL) {
TRACE0(\ return -1; // fail to create }
// Create ToolBar
CXTPToolBar* pToolBar = (CXTPToolBar*)
pCommandBars->Add(_T(\
if (!pToolBar || !pToolBar->LoadToolBar(IDR_MAINFRAME)) {
TRACE0(\ return -1; }
// Set Office 2003 Theme
CXTPPaintManager::SetTheme(xtpThemeOffice2003);
return 0; }
Now we have an MDI application with an Office 2003 interface...it's that Easy!
Allowing the Popup Window to be Moved Author: Mike Palmatier Posted: May 3, 2008
Environment:Visual C++ 6.0
By default you are not allowed to move the popup window when it is displayed. To allow your users to move the popup window all you need to do is set the AllowMove property to True. Now you will be able to click on the popup window and drag it around. m_pActivePopup->AllowMove(TRUE);
Making a Group Special Author: Mike Palmatier Posted: May 3, 2008
Environment:Visual C++ 6.0
You can designate a task panel group as \ Groups marked as special will be displayed differently than normal groups drawing the users attention to that particular group. This is an excellent way to show the user the \ \
Normal group
To set a group as special all you need to do is use the SetSpecialGroup method. CXTPTaskPanelGroup* pGroupSystem =
m_wndTaskPanel.AddGroup(ID_TASKGROUP_SYSTEM); pGroupSystem->SetIconIndex(IDI_SYSTEM_TASKS);
pGroupSystem->AddLinkItem(ID_TASKITEM_HIDECONTENTS, 0); pGroupSystem->AddLinkItem(ID_TASKITEM_ADDORREMOVE, 1); pGroupSystem->AddLinkItem(ID_TASKITEM_SEARCH, 2);
pGroupSystem->SetSpecialGroup();
Applying the Office 2007 Skin
Author: Mike Palmatier Posted: May 3, 2008
Environment:Visual C++ 6.0
First a skin must be loaded before it can be applied to your application. The LoadSkin method loads a skin from a .cjstyles or .msstyles file.
The Office 2007 skin is located in the Office2007.cjstyles skin file and is loaded using the NormalOffice2007.ini file name.
'Loads the NormalOffice2007.ini skin SkinFramework.LoadSkin App.Path + _
XTPSkinManager()->LoadSkin(_T(\s\
_T(\
By default, the skin framework will automatically skin all child windows of your application. If you do not want this to happen you can call the SetAutoApplyNewWindows method
