Mdi???

I rarely create WinForms lately and if I did I wouldn't use MDI either. It would be like using Frames in web apps. :eek: (Ok maybe not as bad)
 
Diesel said:
what is the explorer paradigm?
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Windows explorer, SQL Enterprise manager, Windows Media player, Regedit, etc

TreeView on left -> details on right.
Never seen an MDI app that couldnt be more simply implemented this way.
 
How would you go about having multiple "child" windows open at once? As an example, it bothers me to no end that I can't view two procs at once in Enterprise Manager. How would you view two table structures at once?

-ner
 
Actually I'm developing a MDI app at the moment that has windows like that - with a tree view and then multiple 'frames', all within one child MDI form :).

I think it works pretty well when you have multiple instances of forms open and you want to try and manage them.
 
Well it's easy Joe Mamma. Open your 2 document (which are both in different window) and right click on the TaskBar and..... WOWWWWWW... you have the same menu than MDI Parent Window menu. You can tile and cascade all your window and even minimize them all.

Window has been built from MDI from a long time ago. I'm not for MDI application. But I must admit that MDI have their use because there's time when you want to see 2 thing at a time.

What about mIRC ? If it wasn't MDI it wouldn't have been so great. MSN ? Well... every conversation are in a different window... and as you know, Windows is an MDI parent... so.... :p lol
 
I'd be curious as to what spawned the question? Did you actually see something that said Mdi is not recommended, or just your personal opinion?

I'd go either way - like most solutions, it has its place in certain situations.

-nerseus
 
I'm with you because I know that MDI as their uses. If they hadn't... well... nobody would still use it. I just say that I don't link the MDI look and try to build good interface without them. But their's time when you can't avoid MDI and that your interface will become simply not understandable so... MDI time. Well... maybe it's because I didn't do too much of MDI that I don't like them.

Like someone said..... make me change my mind ! :p
 
Tabbed document and SDI interfaces seem to be more popular these days. In fact, in the new Avalon framework, there is no MDI mechanism at all.
 
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