INFO: Switching Views in a Single Document Interface Program (99562)

SUMMARY

In a single document interface (SDI) application, created with the Microsoft Foundation Class Library, to create an alternate CView and use both the CView specified in the CDocumentTemplate and the alternate view in the application, perform the steps listed below.

NOTE: These steps assume that the name of the CWinApp-derived object is CMyWinApp; that CMyWinApp is declared and defined in MYWINAPP.H and MYWINAPP.CPP, respectively; that CNewView is the name of the new, CView- derived object; and that CNewView is declared and defined in NEWVIEW.H and NEWVIEW.CPP, respectively. Substitute these with your own class and file names as needed.

1. Add the following members to the declaration of CMyWinApp in MYWINAPP.H:

         CView* m_pOldView;
         CView* m_pNewView;
         CView* SwitchView(CView* pNewView);
   						

2. If CNewView was created with ClassWizard, modify the CNEWVIEW.H to change the access specifier for the constructor, destructor, and OnInitialUpdate() function from protected to public.
3. Add "#include <AFXPRIV.H>" (without the quotation marks) to the include section of MYWINAPP.CPP. This is required to define the WM_INITIALUPDATE message to be added in step 4.
4. Create a new view and attach it to the document. The following code fragment creates a new view in the InitInstance() member of the CMyWinApp object. In this way, both new and existing views persist for the lifetime of the application; however, the application could just as easily create the new view dynamically.
   
   This code requires the main frame window, document, and default view to exist already. In Visual C++ for Windows and Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, versions 1.0 through 2.x, insert the following code into CMyWinApp::InitInstance() after the call to OnFileNew(), as OnFileNew() creates each of these elements. In Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, versions 4.0 or later, insert this code after the call to ProcessShellCommand():

         ...
         CView* pActiveView = ((CFrameWnd*) m_pMainWnd)->GetActiveView();
         m_pOldView = pActiveView;
         m_pNewView = (CView*) new CNewView;
   
         CDocument* pCurrentDoc =
            ((CFrameWnd*) m_pMainWnd)->GetActiveDocument();
   
         // Initialize a CCreateContext to point to the active document.
         // With this context, the new view is added to the document
         // when the view is created in CView::OnCreate().
         CCreateContext newContext;
         newContext.m_pNewViewClass = NULL;
         newContext.m_pNewDocTemplate = NULL;
         newContext.m_pLastView = NULL;
         newContext.m_pCurrentFrame = NULL;
         newContext.m_pCurrentDoc = pCurrentDoc;
   
         // The ID of the initial active view is AFX_IDW_PANE_FIRST.
         // Incrementing this value by one for additional views works
         // in the standard document/view case but the technique cannot
         // be extended for the CSplitterWnd case.
         UINT viewID = AFX_IDW_PANE_FIRST + 1;
         CRect rect(0, 0, 0, 0); // gets resized later
   
         // Create the new view. In this example, the view persists for
         // the life of the application. The application automatically
         // deletes the view when the application is closed.
         m_pNewView->Create(NULL, "AnyWindowName", WS_CHILD, rect,
                                 m_pMainWnd, viewID, &newContext);
   
         // When a document template creates a view, the WM_INITIALUPDATE
         // message is sent automatically. However, this code must
         // explicitly send the message, as follows.
         m_pNewView->SendMessage(WM_INITIALUPDATE, 0, 0);
         ...
   						

5. Define the CMyApp::SwitchView() function. (Alternatively, SwitchView() could be declared and defined as a member of the main frame class.)

         CView* CMyWinApp::SwitchView(CView* pNewView)
         {
            CView* pActiveView =
               ((CFrameWnd*) m_pMainWnd)->GetActiveView();
   
            // Exchange view window ID's so RecalcLayout() works.
            #ifndef _WIN32
            UINT temp = ::GetWindowWord(pActiveView->m_hWnd, GWW_ID);
            ::SetWindowWord(pActiveView->m_hWnd, GWW_ID,
                            ::GetWindowWord(pNewView->m_hWnd, GWW_ID));
            ::SetWindowWord(pNewView->m_hWnd, GWW_ID, temp);
            #else
            UINT temp = ::GetWindowLong(pActiveView->m_hWnd, GWL_ID);
            ::SetWindowLong(pActiveView->m_hWnd, GWL_ID,
                            ::GetWindowLong(pNewView->m_hWnd, GWL_ID));
            ::SetWindowLong(pNewView->m_hWnd, GWL_ID, temp);
            #endif
   
            pActiveView->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE);
            pNewView->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
            ((CFrameWnd*) m_pMainWnd)->SetActiveView(pNewView);
            ((CFrameWnd*) m_pMainWnd)->RecalcLayout();
            pNewView->Invalidate();
            return pActiveView;
         }
   						

   NOTE: This function returns a pointer to the old view so that the old view can be destroyed if desired. Before destroying the view though, CDocument::RemoveView() should be called so the association between the view and the document is removed.
6. Add command handlers or other code to call the SwitchView() function when the application needs to switch between views.