Daniel Lohmann wrote: Do we need a kind of "CodeProject agreement" about handling such cases? I think not. I like helping students, not to be confused with doing their work for them, as it helps to hone my own understanding of various things. But it is a matter of courtesy to other CPians to take the discussion to email if it isn't fairly simple to resolve. It's not all that hard to spot a flake trying to avoid work, and those are simple enough to ignore - they go away shortly. The sincere ones are honestly seeking help, and I have no problem offering mine (for what it's worth). I'd really hate to see a ban on helping with homework imposed on CP. But if the majority feels it necessary, I'll go along with it, and ignore it whenever I feel like it.:) "When in danger, fear, or doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" - Lorelei and Lapis Lazuli Long

Thanks Andreas, However, you should find a better design for your dialog solution. I thought a lot about it, but I don't think that a really nice design for this problem even exists. The dialog is deactivated if somebody clicks the icon and there is no chance to examine if it was activated before. I now found a solution which is similar to what you suggested. I catch WM_ACTIVATE in the dialog and remember the current system time if the dialog is deactivated. In the tray icons handler I check the dialog was deactivated immediately before the handler was executed (less than 200 ms). If this is the case, it was deactivated because of clicking on the icon. Not the cleanest design, but works fairly well - even on high system load. Thanks! -- Daniel Lohmann http://www.losoft.de (Hey, this page is worth looking! You can find some free and handy NT tools there :-D )

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