Re: Layered Modal Window
I don't understand what you are doing.
Why are you duplicating code from DoModal?
You know that you can have a layered modal dialog box, but simply inheriting
from a CDialog, and in the OnInitDialog call SetWindowLong to add the
layered style to it, and the call SetLayeredWindowAttributes
BOOL CMyDialog::OnInitDialog()
{
CDialog::OnInitDialog();
SetWindowLong(m_hWnd,GWL_EXSTYLE,GetWindowLong(m_hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE) |
WS_EX_LAYERED);
SetLayeredWindowAttributes(0,255,LWA_ALPHA);
return TRUE;
}
No need to write your own modal loop.
But if you insist on writing your own modal loop then when the dialog feels
like it is time to close the application you will need to send a WM_QUIT
message to your loop.
AliR.
"Matt Houser" <matt@houser.ca> wrote in message
news:040EDF48-F1EB-4013-9A9F-027B6CF1F99A@microsoft.com...
I've created modeless layered windows successfully before, now I am trying
to create a modal layered window. I am deriving from CWnd and duplicating
much of CDialog::DoModal() to accomplish this.
It seems to be working, except that pressing Alt+F4 destroys my window,
but does not exit from RunModalLoop().
How do I resolve this? Is there a style that's missing from my window?
Or is there an easier way to accomplish what I am trying to do?
Thanks
Matt Houser
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