trouble w/SetWindowPos

[bltorrey]

1. CFormView derived class has a button that opens a CRecordView derived class.
2. In the CRecordView OnInitDlg, I call SetWindowPos(&wndTop, 0, 0, 0, 0,SWP_NOMOVE|SWP_NOSIZE) to try to move the CRecordView derived class to the top of the z-order. This call return non-zero value, which, according to msdn docs, means it was successful.
3. CFormView window is still top window in z-order.

I want the CRecordView to draw on top of the CFormView. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
-Brian

[kuphryn]

Weird. Consider adding SWP_SHOWWINDOW to the last parameter.

Kuphryn

[bltorrey]

The really weird thing is that I have another CRecordView derived class that opens a different recordset when a button is pressed on the CFormView derived class. It opens on top! Everything seems to be the same between the two, but one behaves differently.

I must have done something subtley different when I created this view. I'll try recreating it to see if that helps.

Even doing the following trick doesn't work:
//Attach foreground window thread
//to our thread
DWORD ForeGroundID = GetWindowThreadProcessId(::GetForegroundWindow(),NULL);
DWORD CurrentID = GetCurrentThreadId();
AttachThreadInput ( ForeGroundID, CurrentID, TRUE );

//Do our stuff here ;-)
SetActiveWindow()
SetForegroundWindow()
SetFocus(); //Just playing safe

//Detach the attached thread
AttachThreadInput ( ForeGroundID, CurrentID, FALSE );

The call to SetActiveWindow returns 0! Something weird is going on...

-Brian

[kuphryn]

What if you called SetWindowPos() from its parent?

Kuphryn

[bltorrey]

Thanks for your help, Kuphryn. I just figured out how to get the correct behavior:

code was:
pEmailDocTemplate->OpenDocumentFile(NULL);
((CDialog*) this)->GotoDlgCtrl(GetDlgItem(IDC_PRINTEMAIL));

I'm still learning about the this operator, but my call order is a no-no. If I make the default button call before OpenDocumentFile, it works correctly. This is a case where you probably could have told me the problem if I gave more code...

code should be:
((CDialog*) this)->GotoDlgCtrl(GetDlgItem(IDC_PRINTEMAIL));
pEmailDocTemplate->OpenDocumentFile(NULL);

-Brian