Re: CWnd to Full Screen

From:
"Jonathan Wood" <jwood@softcircuits.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:42:13 -0600
Message-ID:
<uQXiuMrhIHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
Then you are doing what the docs say you should not do. Consider yourself
lucky it works on XP.

--
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

"Nord Pierre" <non> wrote in message
news:47dba0c1$0$17704$426a74cc@news.free.fr...

Yes, you're right, i was not accurate enought
   - It's a child CWnd (a CDialog to be more accurate)
   - There is no control inside - I just use the CWnd->m_hWnd var to
create an OpenGL context
   - I also use it to capture Mouse move / Left mouse button / Keyboard
input when mouse is on view
   - There is no operation performed in the associated class - The
mouse/keyboard events are stored in a list
   - I don't change the windows style during the creation

I've changed the code to:

   GetClientRect(&oldRect);

SetWindowPos(&wndTopMost,0,0,GetSystemMetrics(),GetSystemMetrics(),SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
   SetFocus();

   Nothing else and it works - BUT i loose focus when toggle to another
app and never get it back... Looks like i'm missing something important,
but i'm quiet new to mfc

   To go back from full screen :

   SetWindowPos(&wndTop,oldRect(Thinigs),SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
   SetFocus();

   That's all

   It works on XP but not on Vista ........ I don't get it. Also another
question : I used OnKillFocus Message/Method to disable full screen when
lost focus and it works on XP but not on Vista ... I still don't get it

   Thanks

"Jonathan Wood" <jwood@softcircuits.com> a ?crit dans le message de news:
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As i said, it works like that, but only on XP and not on vista (only
once and then freeze) ... why ? Is it the OpenGL context attached to the
Cwnd ? Anyway, i'll give a try to SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED


Huh? You mentioned a bunch of stuff using SetParent, etc. You said
nothing about using ShowWindow as I suggested. SetParent() is
specifically problematic and you may very well run into trouble using it.
(Is your window a child window? Did you change the child style bit? Etc.,
etc.)

--
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

"Nord Pierre" <non> wrote in message
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"Jonathan Wood" <jwood@softcircuits.com> a ?crit dans le message de
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What happens with ShowWindow(SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)?

--
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com

"Nord Pierre" <non> wrote in message
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   Hello,

   I just have a small problem, my app need to go in full screen and
get the input focus. Not all the app but just a CWnd inside with an
OpenGL context - I've tried many things and finally found this way :

   When full screen :
   - oldParent = GetParent();
   - GetClientRect(&oldRect);
   - SetParent(GetDestopWindow());
   -
SetWindowPos(&wndTopMost,0,0,GetSystemMetrics(...),GetSystemMetrics(...),SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
   - SetFocus();

   When want to get out of full screen
   - SetParent(oldParent);
   -
SetWindowPos(&wndTop,0,0,oldRect.Width(),oldRect.Height(),SWP_SHOWWINDOW);

   This works fine... But only on XP ! When i try on Vista, it works
once - If i try to go in full screen a second time, the app is locked
and i can't even access to any other window ! I can only kill it to
get back my system.

   Does anyone already experience this problem ? Does anyone have a
better solution ?

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