PRWIN9012006: New Zoomed MDI Child Over Zoomed Child Flashes

ID Number: Q72025

3.00

WINDOWS

buglist3.00

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9012006

SYMPTOMS

In a Windows version 3.00 multiple document interface (MDI)

application, creating a new maximized MDI child when the currently

active MDI child is maximized causes visually unattractive multiple

repaints.

CAUSE

The following list summarizes what happens in this situation:

1. The active MDI child is restored to normal size and repainted.

2. The frame window's menu bar is repainted.

3. The new maximized MDI child is created and painted.

4. The frame window's menu bar is painted a second time.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version

3.00. We are researching this problem and will post new information

here as it becomes available.