LoadDesignerBars

Ok, I see it has to be not only in CMainFrame::LoadFrame but after the call to the parent class LoadFrame as well.

Are we supposed to manually create a .h file with a list of resource #defines for IDs? There is an import option in the designer but no export option.

Also I'm not sure where I am supposed to be hiding context menus for popups in the designer, do I put them as menus on the main menu bar and hide them with code later on, or should they just be their own toolbar?

Note for other forum readers, I got most of these problems solved via email.

If you add the code:
    UINT nIDMenuBarIcons[] = {SC_RESTORE, SC_MINIMIZE, SC_MAXIMIZE, SC_CLOSE};
    XTPImageManager()->SetIcons(XTP_IDB_MENUBAR_ICONS, nIDMenuBarIcons, 4, CSize(16, 16));
It will add the 4 icons back to the MDI menu properly.

The "import" button in designer really means "Export" -- you can have it create a .h file of #defines for you. The only proboblem I see is some overlap of defines already defined, so I just #include that .h right after resource.h with a few #undef's between the two in order to fix compiler warnings about things like ID_EDIT_COPY being redefined with the same value.

Also, for people wondering how to create popup context menus with the designer, you add them to your menu bar, then add the list of menu items to them in the designer, then remove the popup from the menu bar. The instance in the controls pane will remember all the items added.
In order to display the popup, you do something like:
    CXTPCommandBars *pCommandBars = static_cast<CXTPMDIFrameWnd *>(AfxGetMainWnd())->GetCommandBars();
    CXTPControlPopup *pControlPopup = reinterpret_cast<CXTPControlPopup *>(pCommandBars- >m_pDesignerControls->FindControl(IDR_POPUPMENUID));
    CXTPPopupBar *pPopupBar = reinterpret_cast<CXTPPopupBar *>(pControlPopup->GetCommandBar());
    CXTPCommandBars::TrackPopupMenu(pPopupBar, TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_RIGHTBUTTON, point.x, point.y, this);

That is the hard part, since while documentation is only as helpful as crawling through the headers yourself, neither is going to tell you when its safe to upcast thigs such as those two reinterpret_cast's that are upcasting a CXTPControl to a CXTPControlPopup, or a CXTPCommandBar to a CXTPPopupBar.  I'm sure not every CXTPControl can be safely cast to a CXTPControlPopup, since CXTPControlPopup is derived from CXTPControl, but in this case I know its safe.

Thanks Oleg!

Does that help us figure out what is safe to cast to what? It seems like more bloat to MFC to be calling a lot of functions for simple things sometimes.
Plus those are both UPcasts not DOWNcasts, right?