restoring the last state of app like in ShowWindow()

[zspirit]

When my application exits, I want to see if its final state is maximized or minimized or etc so I can restore it to that state when it is restarted again. I don't see any function which can tell me that (sort of the opposition function of ShowWindow())

In MFC it is easy to set the application to maximized:

m_nCmdShow = SW_MAXIMIZE;

but I would rather like to set it to the last state. Any hints? Thanks.

[JMS]

what you want to do is handle the WM_SIZE messages specifically wehre the type is (MAXIMIZE,MINIMIZE,RESTORE) and track what state your program is yourself.

When you exit you store it to the registry, when you come up you load it from the registry.

[zspirit]

what you want to do is handle the WM_SIZE messages specifically wehre the type is (MAXIMIZE,MINIMIZE,RESTORE) and track what state your program is yourself.

When you exit you store it to the registry, when you come up you load it from the registry.

Can the state be not captured elsewhere other than WM_SIZE?

[VictorN]

Take a look at this thread