Saving MDI layout

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Hey Guys 
Is it possible to save and restore the layout of an MDI application. Eg. In the GUI_VisualStudio example to be able to restore the 3 new view tabs....

Cheers

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Andyman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 April 2012 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andyman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Saving MDI layout Posted: 17 April 2012 at 4:19am
	Hey Guys Is it possible to save and restore the layout of an MDI application. Eg. In the GUI_VisualStudio example to be able to restore the 3 new view tabs.... Cheers

grahamf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 29 October 2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote grahamf Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 April 2012 at 11:05am
	Yes it is. You hammer through the document list and save the document/frame/view information for each. This is a snippet of what our XML 'workspace' file looks like: <Documents Count="2"> <Document0 docpath=".\\ELB Sale Pad 2.ksp" docguid="<docprogid1>" doctitle="ELB Sale Pad 2.ksp" docapplet="Sale Pad"> <Frames Count="1"> <Frame0 paneid="0"> <Placement showcmd="1" minposition="-1, -1" maxposition="-4, -23" normalposition="0, -8, 1019, 268"/> <Views Count="1"> <View0 isactive="0" isvisible="1"/> </Views> </Frame0> </Frames> </Document0> <Document1 docpath=".\\ELB Analysis Pad 2.kap" docguid="<docprogid2>" doctitle="ELB Analysis Pad 2.kap" docapplet="Analysis Pad"> <Frames Count="1"> <Frame0 paneid="0"> <Placement showcmd="1" minposition="-1, -1" maxposition="-1, -1" normalposition="1, 266, 1020, 591"/> <Views Count="1"> <View0 isactive="1" isvisible="1"/> </Views> </Frame0> </Frames> </Document1> </Documents> The Placement tag is done by deriving a new class from CXTPWindowPos that serialises via DoPropExchange() - why that is there I don't know... The docguid attribute is the document template progid-like string - necessary only if you use multiple document templates. The paneid attribute is necessary only if you dock CView derivatives. The only other thing to note is the path is saved relative to the 'workspace' file itself - that way they can all be picked up and moved/copied to other directories without having to worry about absolute path nonsense.

Andyman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 April 2012 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andyman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 December 2012 at 10:38pm
	Thanks for the reply Graham. I've only just got around to trying out your suggestion (6 months later, ha!), but I can't get it to work. I was kind of hoping to use the property exchange stuff to save and restore also, but no luck with that either. I tried modifying "XtremeToolkit\Samples\ToolkitPro\MDITabWindow" as below... Left file: C:\Users\amanessis\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DR89.840\Samples\ToolkitPro\MDITabWindow\bncvw.cpp Right file: C:\Source\XtremeToolkit\Samples\ToolkitPro\MDITabWindow\bncvw.cpp 354a355 > static CString str; 359,367c360,372 < < CColorDialog dlgColor(pDoc->m_clrBall); < if (dlgColor.DoModal() == IDOK) < { < pDoc->SetCustomBallColor(dlgColor.GetColor()); < pDoc->ClearAllColors(); < pDoc->m_bCustom = TRUE; < MakeNewBall(); < } --- > > /// TEST STUFF... > > CMainFrame f = (CMainFrame)AfxGetMainWnd (); > CXTPDockingPaneManager manager = &f->m_paneManager; > CXTPPropExchangeXMLNode px(FALSE, 0, _T("Settings")); > if (px.OnBeforeExchange()) > { > CXTPPropExchangeSection custom(px.GetSection(_T("CustomLayout"))); > CXTPPropExchangeSection pxDockingPane(custom->GetSection(_T("DockingPane"))); > manager->DoPropExchange(&pxDockingPane); > str = px.GetEncodedXML(); > } 469c474,495 < --- > > // TEST STUFF... > > CXTPPropExchangeXMLNode px(TRUE, 0, _T("Settings")); > px.LoadFromEncodedString(str); > if (px.OnBeforeExchange()) > { > CXTPPropExchangeSection sec(px.GetSection(_T("CustomLayout"))); > CMainFrame f = (CMainFrame)AfxGetMainWnd (); > CXTPDockingPaneManager manager = &f->m_paneManager; > CXTPPropExchangeXMLNode px(TRUE, 0, _T("Settings")); > if (px.OnBeforeExchange()) > { > CXTPPropExchangeSection custom(px.GetSection(_T("CustomLayout"))); > CXTPPropExchangeSection pxDockingPane(custom->GetSection(_T("DockingPane"))); > manager->DoPropExchange(&pxDockingPane); > manager->RecalcFramesLayout(); > manager->RedrawWindow(); > manager->RedrawPanes (); > } > } > return;