window seen in taskbar

[Pazzuzu]

Hi All, Iam working with a ListControl whose parent is a dialog.want to place a tree control on a particular cell on the listcontrol,which on doubleclicking should open up(ie: the width & height of this tree control exceeds the dialog boundary). Like in ComboBox control, where the list visible, goes beyond the dialog boundary. Tried somethings like treeControl.SetOwner(GetDesktopWindow(); treeControl.ModifyStyle(WS_CHILD,WS_OVERLAPPED); Everything works fine apart from 1 problem.I can see the newly created window(the treecontrol) on my taskbar. wHAT should I do to avoid that... Regards, P

[Nibu babu thomas]

Pazzuzu wrote:

treeControl.ModifyStyle(WS_CHILD,WS_OVERLAPPED);

I guess this line is causing the trouble. Why are you removing WS_CHILD style. And why WS_OVERLAPPED?

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Nibu thomas Software Developer

[Pazzuzu]

Okay,that was a mistake. Tried as follows. treeControl.ModifyStyle(WS_BORDER,WS_POPUP); but the window is still there in the taskbar.Guess some of the styles are not added to the Control,though I use a modify style. What could be done...

[Nibu babu thomas]

Pazzuzu wrote:

treeControl.ModifyStyle(WS_BORDER,WS_POPUP);

Why WS_POPUP?? And why removing WS_BORDER?? Let it remain as it is! Set the parent to desktop!

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Nibu thomas Software Developer

[Pazzuzu]

Iam not modifying any style now.Iam keeping it as it is . treeControl.SetParent(GetDesktopWindow()); Still window is visible.

[Pazzuzu]

Have seen that my call to treeControl.ShowWindow(true); pops up this window.But if I comment out this statement,the control is not popping up on double clicking

[Nibu babu thomas]

What about WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW? Add this style using ModifyStyleEx.

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Nibu thomas Software Developer

[FarPointer]

Check this out :- WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW Regards, FarPointer

[Pazzuzu]

Thanks Nibu & Farpointer.It worked... Thanks one again

[FarPointer]

Would you be kind enough to say how you made it to work. Regards, FarPointer