>>>Has anybody tried it? And if it's not advisable, what's the alternative organization for a transaction based (desktop) application that requires a large amount of different forms? Tabcontrol will only allow a limited amount of different forms, and the forms cannot be viewed simultaneously.
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>>>And if I do insist on mdi, I'd better go WinForm than WPF?
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>>Googling 'WPF MDI' birings up a few libraries that supposedly implement a MDI interface. Haven't tried them but
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http://wpfmdi.codeplex.com/ looks interesting.
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http://avalondock.codeplex.com/ isn't really an MDI but could be a good design alternative.
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>>But MDI is going out of fashion - users can easily be confused. You can have a lot of forms opened simultaneously - but how many can be actually visible at any one time.
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>>WPF has the ability to provide a VS type interface with vertical, horizontal and floating tab groups. There are a few 3rd party libraries to simplify this.
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>>Also have a look at Prism :
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648465.aspx>>A nice way of controlling multiple views.....
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>Many thanks.
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>I did google and am trying to figure out if Codeplex WPF.MDI could work for me; It could, it's actually easier than I thought, but the result is very winformish. (duuuhhh).
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>Will check out Prism. At first view it looks more than I can chew at this point, but who knows.
It, like WPF, has a steepish learning curve.
It may be overkill for your needs but if you want some bed-time reading :
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42572Or some sample apps :
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg430879(v=pandp.40).aspx
