Re: SetFocus problem.
Have you tried calling SetForegroundWindow() or BringWindowToTop() with your
main window. I think the message box will follow it if you bring your window
to the top of the stack.
Tom
"Paco" <paco_beams@gmail.com> wrote in message
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My application has a hidden main display window that is never used. The
application hangs out in the system tray and has a couple of configuration
windows that can be opened from the system tray menu. The program has a
couple of odd-ball fatal error scenarios. When these happen, the program
displays a fatal error message using AfxMessageBox and it shuts down
normal processing. This includes stopping the system menu so that the
config windows can't be opened.
Here's the problem:
If the AfxMessageBox window is covered by some other program, I want the
action of right clicking my system tray icon to pop the AfxMessageBox
window to the top of the display priority so that the operator can see it.
Is there a way to tell the AfxMessageBox to come to the top?
My main program window is hidden and not used. I thought maybe setting
focus to that window would somehow cause the AfxMessageBox window to pop
up. It doesn't work.
Specifically I tried: ((CMainFrame *)AfxGetMainWnd())->SetFocus();
Any ideas?
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