I've got a typically MFC AppWizard generated MDI application.
I have only one document type, one menu resource (okay, actually two if you
count the one that App wizard generates).

So what I want to be able to do is to update the items on one of the menus.
The problem I'm having is that the CMainFrame window has the normal,

FILE | EDIT |VIEW|WINDOW|HELP

menu and my MDI documents have the same menu with an additional "TOOLS"
menu.
I only want the tools to show up when the documents are open.

So far, no problem.

The problem is based on the kind of file I open, I want to add different
tools to the TOOLS menu, and have those tools reflected on the toolbar.

The problem is that the toolbar isn't showing up properly, and the reason is
because until I actually Click on the TOOLS menu and cause it to be
customized, it isn't actually customized. Hence the icons are greyed. :(

How can I "catch" the menu when it changes from the default menu to the MDI
menu so I can customize it before a user ever clicks on it? Or am I rambling
too much. <g>

Bob Cozzi

I didn't really follow everything you said.  If you add a new document
template as follows:

 m_pDocTemplateLis = new CMultiDocTemplate(
        IDR_LISTYPE,
        RUNTIME_CLASS(CLISDoc),
        RUNTIME_CLASS(CChildFrame), // custom MDI child frame
        RUNTIME_CLASS(CLISView));
 AddDocTemplate(m_pDocTemplateLis);

Then create a menu resource with an ID of IDR_LISTYPE.  When you start your
application up the menu IDR_MAINFRAME should be displayed.  Then when you
open a document of type IDR_LISTYPE, the menu IDR_LISTYPE will be displayed.

You first said that "I have only one document type" but then you said "The
problem is based on the kind of file I open, I want to add different tools
to the TOOLS menu".  So which is it?  Do you have one document type or
multiple document types.  If you have multiple type, just add them as shown
above and the menus will switch automatically for you!  Its magic!  By the
way, you will also need to add string resources for the types (IDR_LISTYPE)
so that the frame work know something about the documents (i.e. its
extension).

I hope this helps.  If you are struggling too much, then you are doing
something wrong.  If you follow the Doc/View architecture properly,
everything should go smoothly!

Don Sanders

If you use multiple document templates, then I need to duplicate the menu
options, create new icons, string table entries etc.

What I have is effectively a file viewer that can read any type of file
(from a mainframe) and display it. I want to simply add a few menu option to
the TOOLS menu when a file of a certain type is displayed. But other than
that, everything is identical. I don't want to manage multiple document
templates simply because of the fact that if I change the "EDIT" menu (for
example) I have to change the EDIT menu on each and every other document
template.

Bob

There are couple of ways to handle issues such as these.  One is to handle
OnInitMenuPopUp in your MDI main frame. This may not help you because you
want to put something in the menubar itself. That leaves you with the option
of tracing the menu swapping in OnMDIActivate(). Simple option would be to
just access the menus in each of the MDI doctemplates and change it as you
want. Responsibility of managing it would be totally up to you.

--
Ajay Kalra [MVP - VC++]

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