lord_nemesis

I have the HWND of a Dialog Box and I have to find out whether it is Modal or modeless dialog. I have to do this using only the Win32 API's. I am not using MFC in my program. How can this be done. Another thing to note is that the modeless dialogs do not follow any perticular standard or style. Some have title bars, some dont etc.

Ooble

Well, what determines whether it's modal or not? Is there a variable that you set? Do you define a macro? I don't know how dialogs work, but there must be something.

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stevengs

wow... ooble is actually trying to splutter out a technical comment (however helpful) on a programming topic, ...

valiant effort ooble

-Or was that just some "razzle-dazzle" postcount fluff to awe and bewilder those seeking wisdom and score another point?

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Ooble

I'm just trying to get back into the swing of things. Leave me be, cursed one!

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Berto

Still doesn't help the OP though

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lord_nemesis

We have different API for creating Modal and Modeless Dialogs. So thats not a problem. But How can we differentiate after they are made and we have just the Handle of the Window.

prolog

Hi,

i'm not a win32 expert but there is a GetWindowStyleA or similar API .. and i believe whether a dialog is modeless or modal is controled via the style.

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EverLearning

I have been searching for a while and didn't see it for win32 API (may want to look here ), however QT designer does have a IsModal() method in QDialog class, so next time forget win32, go QT Designer!

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prolog

Did you read what he posted ? Sure you can ask a dialog-class whether it is modeless or not, even on win32 . The actual method-name depends on the wrapper used. But the problem is , that he has just a handle to a window, not an object.

I searched myself. There is no GetWindowStyle but there is a GetWindowInfo

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And then you get the WINDOWINFO structur holding both style and styleEX es members. Again, i dunno if this is the right way to go .. but i think it is sth to start from.

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stevengs

If nothing else works, you may just have to store the information in a table when you instantiate a dialog. Something along the lines of a container as a static class variable, mapping HWNDs to bools.

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