michael1@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (michael.k.pula) (11/09/89)
I am admittedly a beginner with MS Windows but am a quick learner! I have a number of support books on Windows programming including the SDK, but really use Petzold's book the most. On page 426 of "Programming Windows", Petzold states that you can add the WS_THICKFRAME and WS_MAXIMIZEBOX options to the STYLE statement, but when I try these options, sure enough I can size the dialog box, but the maximize function is disabled, even though the maximize indicator is visible. Does anyone know what gives? This pertains to the ABOUT1 example in chapter 11. On another note, also in chapter 11, I'd been experimenting with modeless dialog boxes (since I think these will fill my need the best). This is the colorscr example. If I change the resource file to make the dialog box for the color scroll bars to include WS_THICKFRAME and WS_MAXIMIZEBOX the program sometimes upchucks and dies. Anyone have any hints as to how I can achieve modeless dialog boxes with the following characteristics: CAPTION, SYSMENU, THICKFRAME & MAXIMIZEBOX? I'll worry about making it visible later. Pointers to examples are most helpful although I've really gone through the books looking for them. Would I be better off using other overlapped windows instead? I really need to have multiple windows running under my appliation simultaneously which can communicate but be accessed without having to close off prior windows. Thanks for any help you can provide, ______ _______ _____ _______ ------- Michael K. Pula / __ \ <__ __> / __ \ <__ __> -====------ AT&T Bell Laboratories | (__) | | | \ \ \_\ | | -======------ 200 Park Plaza Rm.1A-407 | __ | | | / _) __ | | --====------- Naperville, Il. 60566 | | | | | | ( (__/ / | | ----------- (312) 713-7584 |_| |_| |_| \_____/ |_| ------- ..att!ihlpf!michael1