RE: Document/View Callbacks
Yes, I am using a modeless dialog. The reason I need to know the parent is
that I am calling PreTranslateMessage so that the Cancel button will work.
While importing I call a function that does the following:
MSG msg;
while (::PeekMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0,PM_REMOVE);
{
if (msg.message == WM_QUIT)
{
::PostQuitMessage(0);
break;
}
if (!AfxGetMainWind()->PreTranslateMessage (&msg))
{
::TranslateMessage(&msg);
::DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
}
This forces the OnCancel callback where I set a flag that is checked within
the loopl
Implementing this in another thread like Joe suggest might be a good idea.
I am importing test data to be displayed. The user might be importing one
file or hundreds of files at once, in which case the import routine could be
tied for for an hour or longer. The modeless dialog displays the status.
I'm not sure I understand about calling UpdateWindow. I thought was used to
re-paint the client area.
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