Where to add a dialog in a non-mfc dll?

[Tommy Svensson]

Hi all, I wish to create a dialog from within my non-mfc dll. I want to start the dialog as soon as possible! Can I do it in PROCESS_ATTACH...? The docs says only simple initialization is allowed there. Anyone? /T

[Lost User]

In DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH, I call a function that creates and displays the window. Don't know if this is the correct way, however it works like a charm. regards

[Lost User]

Can you not have the dialog as a static instance of the dll? Then the dialog will be constructed as soon as the dll is loaded, and its done in the correct order?

[Lost User]

Another way is to define a function Initialise, and when the app loads the dll, call GetProcAddress(yourdllhandle, "Initialise"), which returns a pointer to the function which you can use to start the dialog, whether its modal or not.

[Michael Dunn]

Read the docs on DllMain(), it has lots of warnings about what you aren't supposed to do, such as call APIs outside of kernel32. If your code works, then you're lucky. --Mike-- Ericahist | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber Latest art~!@#2rDFA#@(#*%$Rfa39f3fqwf--= NO CARRIER

[Lost User]

Oh, I must have overread it, thanks for the info. Maybe I should redesign my code :~

[Michael Dunn]

See this article[^] about why following the DllMain() restrictions are important. --Mike-- Ericahist | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber Latest art~!@#2rDFA#@(#*%$Rfa39f3fqwf--= NO CARRIER

[Tommy Svensson]

Ok... so HOW then do I create and call a dialog/window in a dll as soon as possible...? Actually, what I want is a splash screen that kicks in when somebody calls LoadLibrary(mydll). /Tommy

[Tommy Svensson]

Inside PROCESS_ATTACH, is this a bad thing to do you mean: ---- hSplash = CreateWindow( "BUTTON", "Tommy testing Splash Screen...", WS_POPUP | BS_FLAT, (sx-W)/2, (sy-H)/2, W, H, NULL, NULL, hdll, NULL); ShowWindow(hSplash, SW_SHOW); UpdateWindow( hSplash); } // ... processing ... if ( hSplash) DestroyWindow( hSplash); ----