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open each dialog in the same position

Jun 3rd, 2008

hi
i have created adialog based application where each of them call the other using DoModal().
my question is : if Dialog A is in some position on the screen and then called Dialog B...i want for Dialog B to take the same exactly position as Dialog A .(to be on top of it )...
how can i do that??
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Re: open each dialog in the same position

Jun 3rd, 2008

DialogA is in a separate exe than DialogB?

You will need to play with the STARTUPINFO structure when you call CreateProcess().

Either that or just set both dialogs to center themselves on the screen or on their parent when they are used.

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Re: open each dialog in the same position

Jun 3rd, 2008

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Originally Posted by Duoas

DialogA is in a separate exe than DialogB?

You will need to play with the STARTUPINFO structure when you call CreateProcess().

Either that or just set both dialogs to center themselves on the screen or on their parent when they are used.

Hope this helps.

no ..they r in the same .exe

and what do u mean by "set both dialogs to center themselves on the screen or on their parent when they are used.
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Re: open each dialog in the same position

Jun 3rd, 2008

That makes it considerably easier. Just set your dialogues to center themselves on the screen or above their parent window.

You can set this several ways:
1. Set the Position property in the Object Inspector.
2. Position the form in the dialog constructor.
3. Override ShowModal as something like the following:

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int TForm1::ShowModal()
  {
  // set form position here
  ...
  // pass off to inherited
  return TForm::ShowModal();
  }
int TForm1::ShowModal()
  {
  // set form position here
  ...
  // pass off to inherited
  return TForm::ShowModal();
  }

(I just typed this in off the top of my head. Some adjustments may be necessary, since I tend to use Delphi more than C++Builder for Windows GUI development).

Hope this helps.

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Re: open each dialog in the same position

Jun 4th, 2008

Here is one example about positioning a dialog box
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr....aspx#init_box

You can pass the needed 'parent' dialog information through e.g. your dialogs' constructors.