Hide Dialog

[john5632]

Hi, How to hide the dialogbox in win32. I tried ShowWindow(hWnd,0) in Initdialog()but fails to hide.

[KarstenK]

you can only hide a dialog if you have already created it. A simple way is to only create a dialog if it has to be shown :-O

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[stebich]

If the dialogbox is the main window of your application look for the m_nCmdShow member of your CWinApp class. This member could be set in the InitInstance() method of your app. Here is an article about it: A Simple Method to Control the Startup State of an MFC SDI Application[^] If it is not the main window try to remove the WS_VISIBLE style from your dialog template.

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

Handle the first WM_PAINT message and call ShowWindow(hWnd, false); there. Because that's the first message that will be posted to the dialog after it's created.

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[Rajesh R Subramanian]

KarstenK wrote:

A simple way is to only create a dialog if it has to be shown

I think the OP wants a hidden dialog. :)

“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

[David Crow]

If you are using MFC, see the first part of this article.

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