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dc2000 · Jul 13th, 2005, 7:53 PM

Hi everyone:

I seem to be stumped by the simplest -- I have a Win32 program and I need to display a message box centered by the parent window. Here's the example:

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MessageBox(hParentWnd, "Message to display", "Program Name", MB_ICONERROR | MB_OK);

Well, the problem is that it is centered in the middle of the screen and it's position has nothing to do with the parent window. I stepped through the entire AfxMessageBox() in MFC, which by the way places it's message box in the middle of a parent window, and found absolutely nothing.

Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong?

Jul 13th, 2005, 7:53 PM	#1
dc2000 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Center MessageBox() in Win32 Hi everyone: I seem to be stumped by the simplest -- I have a Win32 program and I need to display a message box centered by the parent window. Here's the example: (Toggle Plain Text) MessageBox(hParentWnd, "Message to display", "Program Name", MB_ICONERROR \| MB_OK); MessageBox(hParentWnd, "Message to display", "Program Name", MB_ICONERROR \| MB_OK); Well, the problem is that it is centered in the middle of the screen and it's position has nothing to do with the parent window. I stepped through the entire AfxMessageBox() in MFC, which by the way places it's message box in the middle of a parent window, and found absolutely nothing. Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong?

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Center MessageBox() in Win32