Re: "Server Busy" dialog
You could try this code:
// Disable the "Not Responding"/"Server Busy" dialog box, which is displayed
if a keyboard
// keyboard or mouse message is pending during an OLE call and the call has
timed out
AfxOleGetMessageFilter()->EnableNotRespondingDialog(FALSE);
// Disable the "Server Busy" dialog box from appearing after the COM call
times out.
AfxOleGetMessageFilter()->EnableBusyDialog(FALSE);
Tom
"Frank S" <OldGrouch@community.nospam> wrote in message
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I am trying to prevent a "Server Busy" dialog from appearing:
"This action cannot be completed because the other program is busy. Chose
"Switch To" to activate the busy program and correct the problem.
Buttons: "Switch To...", "Retry", and "Cancel"
The dialog appears when I try to exit a program that uses COM with
Microsoft Outlook. It only appears if I close Outlook before closing the
program. I find it interesting that the "Server Busy" dialog will close
auto magically if it loses focus. (I don't have to click one of it's
button.)
I have tried using COleMessageFilter with mixed results. Excerpt:
COleMessageFilter m_oFilter;
m_oFilter.SetMessagePendingDelay(1000);
//m_oFilter.EnableNotRespondingDialog(FALSE);
BOOL bResult = m_oFilter.Register();
The SetMessagePendingDelay call does affect how soon the "Server Busy"
dialog appears (and it always appears, even if a long delay value is
used). If I use the EnableNotRespondingDialog(FALSE) call, I never receive
a "Server Busy" dialog (as you might expect) but the program never exits.
(The program normally runs with an icon in the tray.)
I am using C++, Visual Studio 2005, and Outlook 2003.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Frank
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