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Fix turned out to be: Application.DoEvents(); Hide();

Thank you, Prasad. Your method looks more intuitive.

Thanks - I'll see if I can incorporate it.

I don't want to change code. I was thinking along the lines of how you would do it if running from a dos prompt/command line: $ aprog.exe > outfile.txt I tried putting " > outfile.txt" on the command parameters line in the debug properties of both projects, but this had no effect.

theFrenchHornet wrote: What determines the amount an application can access - based on your RAM/Disk size? Determined by the operating system? How do I determine what this amount is? That would be the OS, and the OS is limited in what it can hand out based on your hardware. For example, 32 bit operating systems support only up to 4 GB of RAM. However, if the combine memory usages of all processes running on the system are beyond 4 GB, the OS will use the hard disk as a backup store. That's a simplified, high-level view of it; if you need a more precise technical answer about the OS and hardware, this forum may not be the best place to ask. Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Dumbest. Movie. Title. Evaaar. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

Thanks so much, Will. You're right - using .Image of the PictureBox looks rough. The OnPaint looks better.

Thanks - working now. All 3 responses were helpful.

Could you please show me the code? To use CClientDC I need a pointer to a window. How do I convert the static control to a window pointer? cCliendDc dc(c_navValid); I know isn't correct. What parameter do I pass to CClientDC to get a dc for the control? Thanks.

Yeah! That would be a handy feature :-D I also got the blogging virus..[^]

I haven't found the secret yet. If I still declare with CWnd CWnd* hNotepad = FindWindowEx(... then I can use ::SendMessage(*hNotePad, ... But if I declare with HWND hNotepad = FindWindowEx(... or HWND *hNotepad = FindWindowEx(... I still get the error message 'initializing' cannot convert from CWnd to HWND Is it maybe because the 2003 compiler is more strict than compilers in the past? I don't have much experience/history with Visual C++.

Now that was SERIOUSY cool to know. Thanks a ton :cool:

Yes - makes sense. Thanks so much for the quick reply - big help - I learned - have implemented and works.