I did some test with an frame window of type mdidockhelp! For me it looks pretty limited. My idea is having on the right an area with 2 sheets with information and things that should always be visible and on the left an mdi area with "normal" sheets. The frame window has a menu with toolbar, so do the sheets in the MDI area. The 2 sheets on the right don't have a menu as they don't need one (Layout see attachment).
Problems:
- With the heading "News" I have a datawindow in the right sheet that should have x = 0. Somehow on resizing a toolbar is taken into account
- As the sheet toolbar changes when I click on the info window on the right, I tried the option "Toolbar In Sheet" for the sheet window, this causes a toolbar in the sheet an one in the header.
- When having the toolbar outside the sheet on the left, the sheets show a "blank" space about the toolbar width. I have to set x = -280 or so to have the datawindow on the left
Question:
- Did anyone successfully use this type of window with multiple toolbars?
- Would the PB Ultimate Suite be a better solution?
- Concerning the "Info" are on the right, I can handle this quite easy with manually handling the mdi child but I would like to have tabbed sheets instead the layered layout where you can't the see the title.
Thanks for any input
Arthur