MFC: Context Help (? Button) to Title Bar of MDIframe

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In MFC how can we add (?)context help button in title bar of childframe. I tried to add window style on precreatewindow but it does not display help button in title bar. I know how to add contexthelp on dialogs and propertysheet but I am unable to add for child frame window

BOOL CChildFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs)
{
    cs.style &= ~WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
    cs.style &= ~WS_MINIMIZEBOX;
    cs.style |= WS_SYSMENU;
    cs.style |= WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP;
    if( !CMDIChildWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs) )
        return FALSE;

    return TRUE;
}
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visual-c++mfcmdimdichildwindow-style

1 Answers

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WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP is an extended style, so you should be adding it to cs.dwExStyle instead of cs.style. Also, I believe you get the WS_SYSMENU by default, so something like the following should fix you up:

BOOL CChildFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs)
{
    cs.style &= ~WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
    cs.style &= ~WS_MINIMIZEBOX;
    cs.dwExStyle |= WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP;

    if( !CMDIChildWndEx::PreCreateWindow(cs) )
        return FALSE;

    return TRUE;
}

Sincerely,