SetTimer not firing

From:

"NickP" <a@a.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:04:59 +0100

Message-ID:

<e6zX7qDfHHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>

Hi there,

    I am calling SetTimer on a dialog derived from CDialogImpl,
unfortunately the timer never fires.

    I have tried using the callback method, but that didn't fire also, and
tbh it's a little awkward for my purpose, the WM_TIMER method is most
ideal...

.....................

BEGIN_MSG_MAP(CSplashDialog)
....
MESSAGE_HANDLER(WM_ACTIVATE, OnActivate)
MESSAGE_HANDLER(WM_TIMER, OnTimer)
....
DEFAULT_REFLECTION_HANDLER()
END_MSG_MAP()

LRESULT CSplashDialog::OnActivate(UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam,
BOOL& bHandled)
{
    static bool pBlnActivated = false;
    int pIntActivate = LOWORD(wParam);
    if(WA_ACTIVE==pIntActivate)
    {
        if(!pBlnActivated)
        {
            pBlnActivated = true;
            SetTimer(WM_USER + 1, 5000, NULL);
        }
    }
    return(0);
}

LRESULT CSplashDialog::OnTimer(UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam,
BOOL& bHandled)
{
    EndDialog(IDOK);
    return (0);
}

.....................

    This *should* close the dialog after 5 seconds, but OnTimer never gets
fired. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Many thanks in advance!

Nick.