Using a Multiple Document Interface
You can switch to using a multiple document interface (MDI) from the Setup wizard.
You open this wizard by choosing Tools
Setup Wizard.
Use the following items on the Window menu to arrange the frames in your MDI.
- Attach MDI Frame.
Attaches the active frame to the left, right, bottom, or top side of the main MDI
window. 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 and floats
it in the IDE desktop.
- Frame Resides.
Specifies whether the active frame lives inside the
IDE main window or outside the window as a separate frame. This menu item enables you to combine 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 in situations where you have two frames attached to adjacent sides.
Right-clicking the title bar of an MDI frame displays a menu with
commands for minimizing
the frame, maximizing the frame, closing the frame, and attaching
or detaching the frame from the MDI window.
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