Hi

Is it possible to show any of the common dialogs as modeless dialogs
rather than as modal dialogs?

The object is to have common dialogs as Propery Pages (mainly the Page
Setup Dialog).

Phil

Pete Barrett

If I were faced with this, what I'd do is subclass the common dialog,
and do the following:
        Change the IDOK button to say "Close"
        Hide the IDCANCEL button
        Add an "Apply" button
        Add an OnCancel method that called DestroyWindow,
        or did nothing (depends on what you want Escape to do)
        Add an OnOK method that called DestroyWindow
        Use Create instead of DoModal
        Note that neither OnOK or OnCancel should call the superclass

        Alternative: Change IDOK caption to "Apply"
                           Change IDCANCEL caption to "Close"
                      OnOK handler calls DoDataExchange()
                      (I never remember if the parameter is FALSE
                      or TRUE, one of the dumber interfaces ever
                      designed)
                      OnOK handler does NOT call superclass OnOK
                      OnCancel handler calls DestroyWindow
                      (this means Escape also closes the window)

        Note that you should do a SendMessage/PostMessage when
        you want your app to note the new parameters.  This should be
        preceded by the DoDataExchange call that forces the control
        values back into the member variables (or if you don't like
        DDX, by whatever code causes the values to update to match
        the controls).  In the case of the common dialogs, you may
        have to experiment to see if you have to "roll your own"
        DDX-equivalent or if DoDataExchange will do the right update
        for you.

        Good luck.
                                        joe