Re: Alternatives to WM_CLOSE
ultranet wrote:
"ultranet" wrote:
I need to close modal windows of window a and their popups using a message.
The problem i encountered is if the window shows "Would you like to save
changes?" dialog in response to WM_CLOSE. In that case, the prompt to save
disappears, and then the window becomes unresponsive to further closing
attempts, even if they are manual.
I use recursion to close all popups. E.g.:
BOOL CloseAllEnabledPopups(HWND window)
{
HWND enabledPopup = ::GetWindow(window, GW_ENABLEDPOPUP);
if (enabledPopup != window && enabledPopup) {
CloseAllEnabledPopups(enabledPopup);
return ::PostMessage(enabledPopup, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
}
return TRUE;
}
I also call a similar method for GetLastActivePopup, instead of GetWindow.
I saw popups on screen successfully a few times, and sometimes had to
alt+tab to bring them up, but these appear to be flukes. Mostly, they
disappear, and then x button no longer responds.
If the pop ups are known, u can do a BM_CLICK for the closing button
(OK or Cancel) as needed. This is a much better option than WM_CLOSE
specially if you know what the pop-ups are gonna be.
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