The MFC framework creates document frame windows — and their views and documents — as part of its implementation of the New and Open commands on the File menu. Because the framework does most of the frame-window work for you, you play only a small role in creating, using, and destroying those windows. You can, however, explicitly create your own frame windows and child windows for special purposes.

• Creating document frame windows

• When to Initialize CWnd Objects

• Destroying frame windows

• Managing MDI child windows

• Managing the current view

• Managing menus, control bars, and accelerators

• Dragging and dropping files in a frame window

• Responding to dynamic data exchange (DDE)

• Orchestrating other window actions

• Managing context-sensitive help

• The frame window's role in printing and print preview

Frame Windows