Hi all,
We are converting an MDI based application to WPF. I have read many posts on the subject. The most common are to use 1 of the codeplex solutions or find a 3rd party library. Ok, that's fine if I want to stay with MDI.
The next most commong response is to use a tabbed page. This is great until you have lots of data.
Imagine a typeical user of a big system with many tables. They often have to have multiple records from the same table open at a time, especially when dealing with data for other tables. In an MDI world, they just have all the forms open and can jump to them as needed (sort of like what we do in windows.) A tabbed page approach might allow them to have all the forms open, but only 1 would ever be visible....
Think of a stock advisor on the phone with a client, having details of each stock they discuss open in individual windows, a customer page so they can take notes, and various forms up used to search for a variety of investments (with each type of investments having a different lookup and result approach.)
What is the standard solution for complex situations like this in WPF?
Thanks
me (and yes, I DO mark correct answers)