Single Document Interface and Multiple Document Interface
In the previous chapter we briefly touched upon the meaning of SDI and MDI. At the beginning of this chapter, the first code examples showed an SDI application where the application consisted of just one form. Again, this is the simplest type of application to build and because we have already shown you examples of an SDI application there is no reason to do so again.
In the previous chapter you saw what an MDI application looked like, but how do you build one? The answer lies with the IsMDIContainer and the MDIParent properties of the System.Windows.Forms.Form class. To build an MDI application you must start with the application's main form. This main form must have the IsMDIContainer ...
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