[vtkusers] Re: Updating VTK window in MFC

[Andrew Wilford]

Sinan,

If I understand what you are describing, I had a similar problem some time
ago with a non-VTK application which had multiple views. I believe it has to
do with which views receive which messages. The workaround I used was to
subclass the CMainFrame OnCmdMsg event, sending all messages to each view as
follows:

BOOL CMainFrame::OnCmdMsg(UINT nID, int nCode, void* pExtra,
AFX_CMDHANDLERINFO* pHandlerInfo)
{
  if(CFrameWnd::OnCmdMsg(nID, nCode, pExtra, pHandlerInfo))
    return TRUE;

// dispatch messages to both views (ensures toolbar is always visible)

  CAifvuView* main = ((CAifvuView*)m_Splitter.GetPane(0, m_DesignViewPane));
  if(main->OnCmdMsg(nID, nCode, pExtra, pHandlerInfo))
    return TRUE;

  CAifvuInfoView* info = ((CAifvuInfoView*)m_Splitter.GetPane(0,
m_InfoViewPane));
  if(info->OnCmdMsg(nID, nCode, pExtra, pHandlerInfo))
    return TRUE;

  return TRUE;
}

My problem was toolbars being disabled depending on which view had the
focus, so maybe it will work for you also.

Good luck!

Andrew Wilford