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In article <HAGELIN.92Dec13171329@festis.elixir.e.kth.se> hagelin@elixir.e.kth.se writes:

>
>I have a problem in my first windows program. I'm trying to get an MDI
>child window which has a fixed size and no maximize button (it's meant
>to stay in just one size). But it wont look the way I like it...
>
>I can set the Attr.Style to anything, and the window looks the same
>anyway. But if I set an Style like WS_ICONIC, it starts like an icon.
>
>The problem is that the window style I set in the constructor for the
>child window somehow gets overridden by the MDIframe, and gets some
>default window style.
>
>The question now is:
>
>- Can I make a window who is a MDIchild but not having the default(?)
>  style? And how ?
>
>- If this doesn't work I guess I'll have to make the window a dialog
>  instead, but does a dialog function like a MDIChild (with reference to
>  tiling, cascading, etc.) ?
>
>
>/Martin
>

IF your program is for Windows 3.1, then the answer is yes, you can do it.
What you have to do is create the MDI *Client* window with the
MDI_SALLCHILDSTYLES style set.  Unless the MDI client has this style then,
as you've found out, MDI child windows are created with a default style,
and there's nothing you can do about it.

If you need to support Windows 3.0, you're out of luck!

Hope this helps.
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