aafcls wrote: can you please be more specific, I'm not sure how you mean to implement this. Just call SetDefID(IDOK). It's not any harder than that. "Money talks. When my money starts to talk, I get a bill to shut it up." - Frank "Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb

oh I actually did use InsertItem() when you say to cast lParam1 and lParam2 to where I must have pointed with SetItemData, do I set them to the same pointer value? what makes param1 and param2 unique?

your formatting got lost (try <pre> around your code). if you're asking about bracket indentation, there's a setting in Tools / Options called "Indent braces" that might help Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker

::ShowWindow(SW_SHOW/SW_HIDE) or CWnd::ShowWindow(SW_SHOW/SW_HIDE) depending on if you are using Win32 or MFC. If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac

Can you show how to declare this function_** **_ whitesky

Hope I understood your question if you want to run another dialog use m_yourdialog.DoModal() or m_yourdialog.Create_** **_ whitesky

See the code snippet in the Extras section of this article. "The largest fire starts but with the smallest spark." - David Crow "Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb

Pass -1 for the item index to set the state of all items at once. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ VB > soccer