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Hi David, > I have several questions. I'm using VC++ and MFC to build a MDI app. > 1) Is it possible to make a modless dialog box not stay on top > relative to the MDI child windows? If you don't want the modeless dialog box to on top of the MDI child windows, then try calling SetWindowPos() during its killfocus. > 2) I have two Document templates in my MDI app. Doc1 uses a view > derived from CFormView. I want the view to look like a dialog box and > not be sizable so I don't have a sizable border or Maximize box. The CFormView can not have a WS_BORDER style. However, I believe you can get rid of the Maximize box by overidding the PreCreateWindow() and remove the WS_MAXIMIZEBOX style. > The problem is that if both documents are open and the other view, > view2, is maximized and then I switch to view1, it will be maximized > also. Is there a good way to avoid this? You can probably trap the WM_SETFOCUS for View1 and check if it's maximized, if it is then reposition it with SetWindowPlacement(). > 2) When I click the maximize box in a MDI Child window I would like > the MDI Child window not to maximize, but expand the window to a > pre-defined size, then change the maximize box to the restore box. You can trap the WM_SIZE message and handle this. The nType will tell you if the window is being min. or max. Regards! Brian Ku -Microsoft Developer Support