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How to change dialog style define from resource?

RC:

INFO DIALOG 6, 15, 473, 347
STYLE WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_SYSMENU
FONT 10, "Courier"
{
}

PRG:

//perfectly as expected
DEFINE DIALOG oDlg RESOURCE 'INFO'
...
ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg

//-------------------
//on the other prg with child window

DEFINE WINDOW oWnd TITLE "Test Child" MDICHID

       DEFINE DIALOG oDlg RESOURCE 'INFO' OF oWnd
       ...  
       ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg NOWAIT;
                      ON INIT SetWindowLong( oDlg:hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, nOr(WS_CHILD ) )

ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd
//-------------------

not working as expected...??? the oDlg must be transform to child of oWnd

any help?

The purpose is to use dialog 'INFO' as popup dialog somewhere and a child of oWnd somewhere within the app.

How to change dialog style at runtime?

-Best Regards,

I GOT IT!!!

Oh my!!! that was easy and fast reply too

I put

....
ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg NOWAIT CENTERED;
ON INIT SetParent( oDlg:hWnd, oWnd:hWnd )
....

Now I can use dialog as popup and child to any window....

What am I thinking....

Thanks!

Yet... still not able to change dialog style at runtime...

The above is just a workaround....

Feel free to post your solution please....

Hello,

There is a toppic for V-tools in the forum.
There, i change everything at runtime.
Afterwards i write the source for it.
You find it at :

http://www.pflegeplus.com/fw_downloads/vtools.zip

When you need, i can send you the complete source-part of the
dialog-handling of V-Tools.

The new Version 2.0 is nearly finished with many new functions
and support Vista and the new FWH 8.05

It writes now the complete source of a design and includes
the make file as well, building the exe-file.

In another 2 weeks it be be finished.

Best Regards

Uwe

Frances,

Some styles can be changed at runtime, some others can't be change. Its a Windows limitation.

In those cases you can only end() the dialog (destroy it) and create a new one with the right styles.

Mr. Antonio,

After years of programming with Xharbour.org/FWH....
Fivewin is so robust and flexible you can have some workaround effortlessly... to fit one's style in coding...

Glad you're here!

Best regards,