Finding parent window?

[Mattias Sjögren]

Jan,

>I can get the Hwnd by enumerating the windows & comparing the title bars -
>but this is not very satisfactory as all sorts of side effects can occur
>(and there may be multiple instances of the app running).

Instead of doing a full enumeration, you can enumerate only the
windows in the current thread using EnumThreadWindows. That should
reduce the chance of getting the wrong window.


Matt

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[Mattias Sjögren]

Jan,

>I can get the Hwnd by enumerating the windows & comparing the title bars -
>but this is not very satisfactory as all sorts of side effects can occur
>(and there may be multiple instances of the app running).

Instead of doing a full enumeration, you can enumerate only the
windows in the current thread using EnumThreadWindows. That should
reduce the chance of getting the wrong window.


Matt

============================================
Mattias Sjögren - mattiass @ hem.passagen.se
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[Mark Bax]

Jan: In VB, App.ThreadId

Mark Bax

"Jan Sears" <jan.sears@aspentech.com> wrote in message
news:3a1418e6@news.devx.com...
> I am not at all experienced with Threads, so this maybe a silly question,
> but I take it then, that the several dll's sitting between the main App
and
> the Form hosting the GUI should all be in the same thread?
>
> How do I get the ThreadId? Would I have to do it from the C++ code or can
I
> get it from VB?
>
> thanks,
>
> Jan
>
>

[Mark Bax]

Jan: In VB, App.ThreadId

Mark Bax

"Jan Sears" <jan.sears@aspentech.com> wrote in message
news:3a1418e6@news.devx.com...
> I am not at all experienced with Threads, so this maybe a silly question,
> but I take it then, that the several dll's sitting between the main App
and
> the Form hosting the GUI should all be in the same thread?
>
> How do I get the ThreadId? Would I have to do it from the C++ code or can
I
> get it from VB?
>
> thanks,
>
> Jan
>
>

[Jan Sears]

Hi all,
I have an OCX control, which is launched on a form contained in a VB
dll, which in turn is loaded & called from a C++ dll, which in turn has been
called by a WinGUI fronting a fortran engine. (phew! complicated or what?)

My problem is that I have to make the form hosting the OCX appear to be a
child window of the parent apps GUI - it has a limited API, but that doesn't
include passing it's Hwnd.

I can get the Hwnd by enumerating the windows & comparing the title bars -
but this is not very satisfactory as all sorts of side effects can occur
(and there may be multiple instances of the app running).

Can anybody think of another way? (Without having to change the parent Apps
code)

Thanks in advance for any ideas...

Jan

[Jan Sears]

I am not at all experienced with Threads, so this maybe a silly question,
but I take it then, that the several dll's sitting between the main App and
the Form hosting the GUI should all be in the same thread?

How do I get the ThreadId? Would I have to do it from the C++ code or can I
get it from VB?

thanks,

Jan

[Jan Sears]

I am not at all experienced with Threads, so this maybe a silly question,
but I take it then, that the several dll's sitting between the main App and
the Form hosting the GUI should all be in the same thread?

How do I get the ThreadId? Would I have to do it from the C++ code or can I
get it from VB?

thanks,

Jan

[Jan Sears]

And is it possible from C++ / C ?

"Mark Bax" <MarkB@BlaiseSoft.com> wrote in message
news:3a143c40@news.devx.com...
> Jan: In VB, App.ThreadId
>
> Mark Bax
>
> "Jan Sears" <jan.sears@aspentech.com> wrote in message
> news:3a1418e6@news.devx.com...
> > I am not at all experienced with Threads, so this maybe a silly
question,
> > but I take it then, that the several dll's sitting between the main App
> and
> > the Form hosting the GUI should all be in the same thread?
> >
> > How do I get the ThreadId? Would I have to do it from the C++ code or
can
> I
> > get it from VB?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Jan
> >
> >
>
>

[Jan Sears]

And is it possible from C++ / C ?

"Mark Bax" <MarkB@BlaiseSoft.com> wrote in message
news:3a143c40@news.devx.com...
> Jan: In VB, App.ThreadId
>
> Mark Bax
>
> "Jan Sears" <jan.sears@aspentech.com> wrote in message
> news:3a1418e6@news.devx.com...
> > I am not at all experienced with Threads, so this maybe a silly
question,
> > but I take it then, that the several dll's sitting between the main App
> and
> > the Form hosting the GUI should all be in the same thread?
> >
> > How do I get the ThreadId? Would I have to do it from the C++ code or
can
> I
> > get it from VB?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Jan
> >
> >
>
>

[Jan Sears]

Unfortunately it seems the in-process VB DLL runs in a new thread - so I get
it's own windows & the windows spawned by itself, but not those of the
application which called the DLL... grrrr

Any other ideas anyone?

[Jan Sears]

Unfortunately it seems the in-process VB DLL runs in a new thread - so I get
it's own windows & the windows spawned by itself, but not those of the
application which called the DLL... grrrr

Any other ideas anyone?