I have an MFC dialog app with several Text controls. All but controls get filled in with UpdateData at dialog initialization via calls like: DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_MY_STATIC, MyText ); . Next, the user checkmarks a checkbox and the ON_ function for the checkbox gets control, running several functions. One of those functions has a loop that invokes MyText.SetWindowText(somestring) followed by multiple sequential calls to CreateProcess each followed by a WaitForSingleProcess. MyText is a CStatic field attached to the control. Here is the problem: I get the output of the first and last SetWindowText calls, but nothing in between. The created processes take about 2 minutes to run, so there should be sufficient time to see the text in my dialog window.
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Jump to PostThe issue is one I've seen over and over on MFC and other apps. There are many priors so look at a few more to see if you can find one you feel applies. For my app I had to add a doevents() call to let Windows process the update.
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Try https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/164321/setwindowtext-doesn-t-seem-to-work and then for other prior discussions google "setwindowtext doesn't update". The complaint looks to be a recurring one with many prior discussions and solutions.
The issue is one I've seen over and over on MFC and other apps. There are many priors so look at a few more to see if you can find one you feel applies. For my app I had to add a doevents() call to let Windows process the update.
Example prior example that mentions doevents() for C++ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6203689/visual-studio-c-how-to-get-the-form-not-freezing-while-calling-a-time-consumin
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