Recent content by jtrox

I understand what you are saying LazyMe - I had the same concerns when I put it there. For some reason though, it doesn't end up creating an endless loop. And I haven't been able to find another place that I could put the function call that works....

palbano - Thanks, that actually did help. By overriding the WindowProc function in my dialog class, I am able to handle the WM_ACTIVATEAPP message. Then I can use the modeless window's ShowWindow function to manually display or hide the window as necessary. I then returned the function with...

Thanks palbano and LazyMe - I've been playing around with this and haven't made any headway. There is a WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED message sent, but it isn't unique to the situation when the application is sent to the background. As for the parent window handle, it does appear that the parent of my...

I have a dialog-based app that can launch a modeless dialog and several other modal dialogs (although only one of the modal dialogs at a time). If another application is brought up, the modal dialog boxes are automatically moved to the background. However, the modeless dialog stays on top of...

Thanks everyone. LazyMe is right - nothing I add to the OnShowWindow function is displayed. So I went ahead and added the following code to my OnPaint function: void CDefDlg::OnPaint() { // Get a pointer to the static text dialog CWnd* pWnd = GetDlgItem(IDC_TEXT) CString blkspace =...

Sorry - forgot to mention that textRect is calculated to be centered vertically within the clientRect area.

PencilBiter - It does seem convoluted. This modeless dialog is created at the start of the app and exists the entire time. When the user closes it, I hide the dialog with the (SW_HIDE) flag, and when they launch it I use the (SW_SHOW) flag. That's why I'm using the WM_SHOWWINDOW event. I...

I have a modeless dialog box with a listbox control and a static control. When the dialog box is shown initially, I have a handler in place for the WM_SHOWWINDOW message to select the first item in the listbox, and then display the appropiate text corresponding to that item in the static...