I FIXED IT !!!! :) it was not a problem with pointers, classes, member pointers or references at all. I had an event that was triggering before any data was set and it was in fact NULLifying the value. Thanks for the help

Yes, that is the idea; short and simple. The only thing I would change in the example is the assignment to NULL, because you immediately assign a value to it after the declaration. number* n = new number[2]; // declare and assign in one shot number* temp = new number[4]; Those are shorter and make more since to me. P.S. The register keyword is unneeded, because most modern compilers are better at picking register variables than we are and it is free to ignore the suggestion, which is all that keyword is. Good Luck! INTP "Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."Edsger Dijkstra

You;'ve been asked several times... SP2 of WHAT? XP? VSxxxx? The kettle next to your PC? The other trick you can try is to go to the dialogs template, and check the NOFAILCREATE style - then you can find out which control is having trouble. As has been said, dialog creation is not much changed for a decade. Iain.

Sweet.. Got it workin.. RedrawWindow() seemed to do the trick.. I didn't realize I was halting everything with Sleep(); I figured the dialog would be drawn before it ever got to that.. Thanks everyone.

Good man mark... It was definetly a Z-order issue.. MoveWindow() works it out.. :) Thank you very very much..

Great, but how can I get the extended key info (i.e., ALT or CTRL keys) ? Thanks in advance. Mizan

Hehe, go figure.. get stumped on something for hours and figure it out only seconds after writing a post.. pCChildDialog[0]->SetDlgItemTextW(IDC_STATIC1, mystring); //This fixed it :)

Hmm.. still having trouble with this one... I've started a whole new dialog that I can open child dialogs within.. OnKeyDown() works until I add an object to the parent dialog or open a child dialog.. I've tried SetFocus() every which way possible.. It's just not happening.. There must be a way...

aquawicket wrote: I'm not really understanding what is ment by "Program to the smallest common denominator. You could have designed your dialog with your screen resolution set to 1024x768. aquawicket wrote: I'm not really understanding what is ment by Use a property sheet" Property Sheet[^] All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

What about WM_TIMER ? If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.

Excellent... Thanks

Well,, it's the status bar at the bottom of IE. If you place you mouse over a link, it shows the html address in it.. etc. And if you shink internet explorer (so that you have to scroll sideways to see the whole page) the status bar is placed under the horizontal scroll bar. How would one put a status bar like this on a dialog window. I've had sucess with puttin status bars on my dialog, but they alwayse pop up above the horozontal scroll bar. I think the way IE does it looks much better.

Awsome! it's actually the other way around... if(pScrollBar != NULL){return;} Thanks again mark. :)

The file pointer, yes :) Take care, Mark

aquawicket wrote: duh... didn't have the time.h header in... my bad.. thanks guys try more efficient WaitForSingleObject with retrun value WAIT_TIMEOUT "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV Support CRY- Child Relief And You

IIRC a dialog resource has a limit of 255 controls. If you need more, you can create them in your WM_INITDIALOG handler. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

AWSOME!!!!! everything works perfectly using this method... Thanks Blake ;)