MdiBack

Description

Short story: Paints the background of MDI forms with any sort of graphic, pattern, or color you choose.

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To be edited...

Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

Add Images to MDIForm Backgrounds, Q&A, VSM, January 2002

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

CMdiBackground.cls user32

GetSysColor
GetSystemMetrics
IsWindow
SetWindowPos

Don't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.

Module	Library	Function
CMdiBackground.cls	user32	GetSysColor GetSystemMetrics IsWindow SetWindowPos

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Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution.
Download MdiBack.zip, 164Kb, Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2001