When does a window appear?

[Themis]

Hi, I 'd like to ask an MFC related question. I have an SDI application and I want to show a modal dialog just when my main frame appears on screen. Which event of my CMainFrm should I register for that? I've tried ON_WM_CREATE and ON_WM_SHOWWINDOW but the first is called before any drawing has been done and the latter doesn't get invoked at all! Could you help me plz? Themis

[Cool Ju]

Hi, Create a timer in Mainframe with 1 as timer interval. Add handler to WM_TIMER message and domodal the dialog in it. Dont forger to kill the Timer before u show the dialog. Bye, Cool Ju:cool:

[Bob Stanneveld]

When exactly do you want your dialog to appear? Just before or just after the mainframe appears on screen? Behind every great black man...             ... is the police. - Conspiracy brother Blog[^]

[Themis]

Just after the mainframe appears. To Cool Jul: I don't think the timer is a good idea, because the initilization in a slow machine may take more time than in mine pc. Thanks though! Themis

[John R Shaw]

Here's a thought: 1) Create a user defined message, that you can post to display the dialog. 2) In the main frames OnSetFocus(), just post the message (post not send). If there is already a command that allows the user to display the dialog then you can skip step 1 and just post that messge. INTP "The more help VB provides VB programmers, the more miserable your life as a C++ programmer becomes." Andrew W. Troelsen