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.. _wx.MDIClientWindow:

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|phoenix_title|  **wx.MDIClientWindow**
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An MDI client window is a child of :ref:`wx.MDIParentFrame`, and manages zero or more :ref:`wx.MDIChildFrame`  objects.          


The client window is the area where MDI child windows exist. It doesn't have to cover the whole parent frame; other windows such as toolbars and a help window might coexist with it. There can be scrollbars on a client window, which are controlled by the parent window style.  

The :ref:`wx.MDIClientWindow`  class is usually adequate without further derivation, and it is created automatically when the MDI parent frame is created. If the application needs to derive a new class, the function :meth:`wx.MDIParentFrame.OnCreateClient`   must be overridden in order to give an opportunity to use a different class of client window. 

Under wxMSW, the client window will automatically have a sunken border style when the active child is not maximized, and no border style when a child is maximized. 







         







.. seealso:: :ref:`wx.MDIChildFrame`, :ref:`wx.MDIParentFrame`, :ref:`wx.Frame`    







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:meth:`~wx.MDIClientWindow.__init__`                                             Default constructor.
:meth:`~wx.MDIClientWindow.CreateClient`                                         Called by :ref:`wx.MDIParentFrame`  immediately after creating the client window.
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.. class:: wx.MDIClientWindow(Window)

   **Possible constructors**::

       MDIClientWindow()
       
   
   An MDI client window is a child of MDIParentFrame, and manages zero
   or more MDIChildFrame objects.



   .. method:: __init__(self)

      Default constructor.                  

      Objects of this class are only created by :ref:`wx.MDIParentFrame`  which uses the default constructor and calls :meth:`CreateClient`   immediately afterwards.                   





   .. method:: CreateClient(self, parent, style=0)

      Called by :ref:`wx.MDIParentFrame`  immediately after creating the client window.                  

      This function may be overridden in the derived class but the base class version must usually be called first to really create the window. 




      :param `parent`: The window parent.   
      :type `parent`: wx.MDIParentFrame
      :param `style`: The window style. Only ``wx.HSCROLL`` and ``wx.VSCROLL`` bits are meaningful here.   
      :type `style`: long








      :rtype: `bool`