Re: Creating A Window
"David Webber" <dave@musical-dot-demon-dot-co.uk> wrote in message
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But, if I had my object-oriented way, in the case you cite, the CDialog
constructor would do everything that CDialog::OninitDialog() does - and
that would include invoking constructors for all the control windows.
You could create it as invisible and inactive, and all DoModal() would do
is activate it - in fact exactly what the name of the function says, as
opposed to constructing the whole thing by invoking OnInitDialog() - which
wouldn't exist.
In Qt you can write:
QMyDialog dlg;
int x = 300;
int y = 300;
dlg.move (x, y);
dlg.exec(); // does a DoModal();
and it will show the dialog with upper left corner at (300,300). I'm not
sure it creates the HWND in the QMyDialog ctor, or if the move() simply
caches the x,y and performs the movement after the HWND is created in
exec(). Whichever way it does it, it makes life easier for the caller (me).
So yes, MFC could emulate this superior functionality, but it does not, and
no apology for it.
-- David
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