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

From:

"AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam>

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microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:28:54 GMT

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The UpdateWindow call is irrelavent. If the window is already up then
everything is ok, if the window is not up yet, as the case would be in
OnInitialUpdate then calling UpdateWindow before you call DoModal will not
do anything at all.

AliR.

"David Webber" <dave@musical-dot-demon-dot-co.uk> wrote in message
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"AliR (VC++ MVP)" <AliR@online.nospam> wrote in message
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Why painting code? That is a really poor place for something like that.

As I say, I don't like it either. But it occurred to me that calling it
in the painting code ensures that the dialogue comes up after the Window
is painted :-)

Otherwise PostMessage is a very good solution.

I use it a lot for "do this in a moment" things.

Another (better?) solution, now you mention it, is in the response to the
message, do an UpdateWindow() immediately before launching the dialogue.

Dave
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