Re: CWnd::FromHandle (Temporary/Permanent for life of Dlg)
On Jun 18, 3:46 pm, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I have a MFC DLL that takes a HWND from applications. The Dialog's
wizard generated constructor is boilerplate. But I also needed one for
HWNDs
CMyDialog: public CDialog
{
// MFC callers
explicit CMyDialog(CWnd* pParent = NULL);
// Win32 callers
explicit CMyDialog(HWND hOwner = NULL);
};
CMyDialog::CMyDialog(HWND hOwner = NULL)
: CDialog(CMyDialog::IDD, (hOwner ? CWnd::FromHandle(hOwner) : NULL)
{
}
Unfortunately, the docs state the mapping is temporary [1]. How do I
get a mapping of an HWND -> CWnd for the lifetime of the dialog?
FromHandlePermanent(). However, I think that you should reconsider
that question. Why do you care about that CWnd? You can always get it
when you need it, just call FromHandle "locally".
On top of that, since it's a HWND, you don't gain much by getting a
CWnd, do you? What are you planning to do with it? Send/post it some
messages, most likely. If so,
CWnd* p = CWnd::FromHandle(...)
BOOL b = pWnd->SendMessage(...)
is more work than
BOOL b = ::SendMessage(hWnd, ...);
Goran.
P.S. By the way, you seem to be mixing "parent" (1st ctor) and
"owner" (2nd ctor) windows?
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