Re: Open document in a window with a specified size
"Roberto" <roby.schwarz@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
i'm trying to open a document in a window on my dialog based program
that must have this features:
- Must be of a specified size
- Must Stay on top
- Must be movable/sizable
I have a dialog in full screen and with a button i have to open a
document (pdf, doc etc).
I have tried with
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SHELLEXECUTEINFO csSEI;
RECT rect
={0,0,GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN),GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN) };
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETWORKAREA, 0, &rect, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
memset(&csSEI, 0, sizeof(csSEI));
csSEI.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
csSEI.fMask = SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI;
csSEI.lpVerb = TEXT("open");
csSEI.lpFile = TEXT("\\Disco rigido\\Test.pdf");
csSEI.nShow = SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED;
::ShellExecuteEx(&csSEI);
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But this open the document in full screen and not resizable.
Replace SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED with SW_SHOWNORMAL to prevent the window from
originally showing up maximized.
Other than that, you can't specify the window location, Stay on Top styles
in ShellExecuteEx. Your dialog app would need to wait until the .pdf window
is open, then call SetWindowPos of the window to adjust it's position and
styles (WS_EX_TOPMOST). This is kind of tricky, since you need to
WaitForInputIdle(), then iterate the Acrobat (if that is what is displaying
the .pdf file) windows, looking for the the one to set the styles on.
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