inter-dialog box communications

[Cam]

Ok, here goes...I've got a dialog-based application. From this application I have created a modeless dialog box. When the user closes the modeless dialog box, I need to access a variable within my main Dlg box's class, in order to save data from the modeless dlg box. So, as I see it, I need a pointer to it. How do I get a pointer to the Dlg class of a dialog-based app?? ~Cam Desautels (BinaryUprising.com)

[Christian Graus]

Create the dialog with this as the parent (m_Modeless.Create(this);) and store the value, or call GetParent and cast the return to an instance of your dialog class. I tend to create modeless dialogs in the constructor, by doing this: if (Create IDD, pParent)) ShowWindow(SW_SHOW); and store my modeless dialogs as pointers. Then I can do this m_Modeless = new CMyModeless(this); // Dialog is now created. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001

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[Garth J Lancaster]

Christian - do you know if this would work with a Tabbed Dialog Box such as the one Derek Lakin presents 'CTabCtrlSSL' ? I need to do something like this, but only add a new dialog one at a time, depending on if the user presses 'continue' or 'ok' .. the problem is, the next dialog depends on a control in the previous one .. My first choice would be to create a global variable for each piece of data that needs to be passed from dialog to dialog (usually, there is only one control with the relevant data) - then when, for example 'ok' is pressed, it copies the required data from the control to the global variable. When the next dialog is initialised, it simply reads the global variable.. .. but maybe this isnt necessary/too long winded any ideas you and others have would be appreciated. thanks, and ho ho !!

[Christian Graus]

Do you mean a dialog box that contains other dialog boxes, tabbed ? I'm not familiar with the article, but any dialog you create should work using this method, however if the dialogs you refer to are all children of another dialog physically ( i.e. contained as children of another dialog ), then I'd look to the class that impliments that as to how you should deal with it. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001

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[Garth J Lancaster]

Thanks Christian .. Im just re-reading the article now, and having a poke at the code, to try and determine exactely what's going on under the skin ... The Article Header says "An extended tab control that allows tab pages to be added from dialog resources" .. Basically, you start with a 'parent' dialog, and then any other 'Tab' you add seems to be a 'child' dialog, but I'll have to verify that in the actual code I guess thanks for your help G :-D

[Christian Graus]

No worries. Does mbf.com.au mean you work for the health fund my wife has joined ? Do you get a sweet flat screen, or is that just the people at the front desk ? :-D Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001

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