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Re: Visual C++ 2005 Designer

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Originally Posted by Gamer930 View Post
I'm pretty sure what you are trying to do is not possible. . .
Normally how it is a parent can't call methods of a child. I'm unsure why you would want create a parent in a child anyways because the child inherits the parent's methods. . . Depending on what you are planning on doing panels might be the way to go. The MSDN Help is a great tool for any programmer. The help section for Inheritance is at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...nheritance.asp
I have been pouring through that help, especially the inheritance part. I think I finally get it: I was trying to inherit from a form that had already inherited it. In the MDI forms I was inheriting the children form the parent, then I was trying to inherit the parent form the children again. And this wouldn't work.

I might just have to go with panels. Only think I don't like about them is that hey are not as easy as form windows to arrange and close and open as you wish.

Any other suggestions?