-// GetDocumentManager()->ActivateView(this, FALSE, TRUE);
- m_viewDocument->RemoveView(this);
+ GetDocumentManager()->ActivateView(this, false);
+
+ // reset our frame view first, before removing it from the document as
+ // SetView(NULL) is a simple call while RemoveView() may result in user
+ // code being executed and this user code can, for example, show a message
+ // box which would result in an activation event for m_docChildFrame and so
+ // could reactivate the view being destroyed -- unless we reset it first
+ if ( m_docChildFrame && m_docChildFrame->GetView() == this )
+ {
+ // prevent it from doing anything with us
+ m_docChildFrame->SetView(NULL);
+
+ // it doesn't make sense to leave the frame alive if its associated
+ // view doesn't exist any more so unconditionally close it as well
+ //
+ // notice that we only get here if m_docChildFrame is non-NULL in the
+ // first place and it will be always NULL if we're deleted because our
+ // frame was closed, so this only catches the case of directly deleting
+ // the view, as it happens if its creation fails in wxDocTemplate::
+ // CreateView() for example
+ m_docChildFrame->GetWindow()->Destroy();
+ }
+
+ if ( m_viewDocument )
+ m_viewDocument->RemoveView(this);