Full screen dialog window

[harshaperla]

how to display a dialog based window on full screen?

[kirants]

Do you just need maximize it or do you want it to NOT show the caption bar etc. ?

[harshaperla]

title bar, task bar etc also should be removed

[JohnCz]

You would have to calculate rectangle of the full dialog assuming that client rectangle is equal to a screen size and move dialog slightly off the screen. Upper left corner will have negative coordinates.

Also handle WM_GETMINMAXINFO setting ptMaxSize ptMaxTrackSize members of the MINMAXINFO structure to size larger than screen size.

You do not have to remove anything.

[VCVCVC]

Is that OK that you make the Title Bar property as FALSE during the design time and in OnInitDialog () you can make,

ShowWindow(SW_MAXIMIZE);

Or do you want remove the title bart etc in runtime??

[JohnCz]

ShowWindow(SW_MAXIMIZE) will show window maximized and that does not fill the whole screen. Also this would require removing title bar, status and toolbar.

[bugfighter]

Hi,

Hope this link would help,

http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/dlgboxtricks.asp

bugfighter

[kirants]

You have to do as JohnCz says. Additionally, you may want to add a button to come out of full screen mode to the previous size.

Also, it may be tricky. But what should happen when user hits ESC in full screen mode ? Do you need to handle that specially to come out of full screen mode ?