WM_ACTIVATE question

[Axonn Echysttas]

Hi everybody. I'm wondering if there is a way to work around the WM_ACTIVATE message. I want to disable a window so that when the user clicks on it, it won't come in the foreground. Unfortunately, the DisableWindow() API is not good because when clicking a disabled window you get that annoying sound on some systems (default sound that Windows makes). So is there any other way? I tried messing with the parameters of WM_ACTIVATE before caling the DefWindowProc but it seems to be of no help. Apparently the kernel moves the window to foreground regardless and simply notifies me, the user. I can send it back to the background if I wish, but that causes an annoying visual effect each time the window is clicked... a sort of flicker. -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance Blending C++ with COM ^

[Mahesh Kulkarni]

If you want to show/hide window. Then why don't you try ShowWindow()API. SW_HIDE - For Hiding window SW_SHOW - For Showing it. The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience. - Swami Vivekananda.

[ThatsAlok]

Axonn Echysttas wrote:

So is there any other way? I tried messing with the parameters of WM_ACTIVATE before caling the DefWindowProc but it seems to be of no help. Apparently the kernel moves the window to foreground regardless and simply notifies me, the user. I can send it back to the background if I wish, but that causes an annoying visual effect each time the window is clicked... a sort of flic

What about simply returining form Window OnClick message!

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[Axonn Echysttas]

I want to hide it under another, not completely ::- ). -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance Blending C++ with COM ^

[Axonn Echysttas]

This is not an MFC application. As for returning from WM_LBUTTONDOWN or WM_LBUTTONUP, it ain't helpin'. When I press the button on the window, it jumps back in the foreground. I want it to stay back, just like it would be disabled. Practically, I want a disabled window, but without that sound that the system makes on usually disabled windows. -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance Blending C++ with COM ^

[SimonSays]

Does creating it with WS_EX_NOACTIVATE help?

[Axonn Echysttas]

Not really. But thanks anyway. I found the solution. If anybody is interested, here is the answer: On WM_MOUSEACTIVATE return MA_NOACTIVATE; On WM_ACTIVATE return 1. Do not call DefWindowProc (in both cases). -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance Blending C++ with COM ^