Re: Showing a modal dialog AFTER my SDI app is visible.

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:16 -0500
Message-ID:
<6iHyi.1328$vU4.1010@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>
Why painting code? That is a really poor place for something like that.

Why not the frames create method, or in case of SDI apps the Views
OnIntialUpdate(). This way you don't even need a flag variable.

Otherwise PostMessage is a very good solution.

AliR.

"David Webber" <dave@musical-dot-demon-dot-co.uk> wrote in message
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"RAN" <nijenhuis@wish.nl> wrote in message
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I want to show a modal dialog immediatly after my SDI formview app has
become visible. (at startup) (without having to press a button first).
I mean i want to show a login dialog immediatly after the app. becomes
active.
If i do DoModal() for the login dialog somewhere in my code like in
OnInitialUpdate(), the dialog appeares before the rest of the app is
visible.


Here's a real kludge:

Initialise a flag somewhere appropriate

BOOL bLaunchedDialogue(FALSE);

Then in your painting code:

if( !bLaunchedDialogue )
{
   PostMessage( ....) // private message which causes dialogue to be
launched
   bLaunchedDialogue = TRUE;
}

No, I don't like it either, but it should work :-)

Dave

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