Re: call MFC form in DLL

From:
"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 07:21:30 -0700
Message-ID:
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"mpdavie" <mpdavie@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1191233856.799706.42300@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

Hi, I'm creating an application which dynamically loads a DLL. The
application can successfuly load the DLL and call its exported
functions.

This DLL contains an exported function, with a HWND (parent window) as
a parameter. the DLL function should create and display a (modeless)
childform to the parent window HWND.

I have created an static linked MFC DLL, and created a CFormView
derived class and resource template. but I am unable to show the Form.
I've tried several things, but unsuccessful. I'm kind of new to VC++
and MFC, and I havn't found anything useful on the Internet (searched
through codeproject.com, codeguru.com and msdn.com). What should I
write to show my Form?


So you have an exported function in your DLL that shows a modeless form,
whose parent is supposed to be an HWND passed to the function? How is a
modeless form a "child"? I thought forms did not have the WS_CHILD flag
set? What happens if that parameter is NULL (there is no parent)?

-- David

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