Using a Multiple Document Interface
Use the following Window menu items to arrange your MDI frames:
- Attach MDI Frame.
Attaches the active frame to the left, right, bottom, or top
side of the main MDI
window. When you attach a frame, you reserve that space in the
main window so that no other frames in the desktop overlap or share
that space. You can attach only one frame
to a particular side at a time.
- Detach MDI Frame.
Detaches the active frame from the main MDI window
so that you can move the active
frame anywhere on the IDE desktop.
- Frame Resides.
Specifies whether the active frame is attached inside the
IDE main window or is a separate frame on the desktop.
This menu item enables you to have both internal frames,
which are used in MDI mode, and top-level frames, which are used in SDI mode.
- Make Dominant.
Makes the active frame occupy the entire length
of the side to which it is attached.
This menu item is useful when you have two
frames attached to adjacent sides.
Right-click the title bar of an MDI frame to display a
menu with
commands to minimize
the frame, maximize the frame, close the frame, and attach
or detach the frame from the MDI window.
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