Re: Help on attaching child window to parent window

From:
Scot T Brennecke <ScotB@Spamhater.MVPs.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:02:36 -0500
Message-ID:
<OPOJNgk7JHA.3304@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
Nithin wrote:

Hi all,

I have a My.dll

In this My.dll i have created a child window.My intention is to attach
the child window to any application(.exe)

window(parent window) which calls My.dll.

Right now i am attaching child window to desktopwindow but it did not
serve the purpose.i want to change code as

explained above

In My.dll code is like this
//Create an invisible static window
CWnd* pWnd = new CWnd;

pWnd->Create(szAppName, "HI", WS_CHILD,
    CRect(0, 0, 20, 20),CWnd::GetDesktopWindow(), 1234);

I even tried to attach my.dll with the calling application parent
window by using the API AfxGetApp()->m_pActiveWnd
but handle i am not getting properly

 bWinResult = pWnd->CreateEx(NULL,szAppName, "HI", WS_CHILD,
               CRect(0, 0, 20, 20),AfxGetApp()->m_pActiveWnd,NULL);

But it is not working too

Please suggest solution for this

Thanks,
Nithin


Is your DLL an MFC "extension" DLL or a "regular" DLL?

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