Dialog Boxes from DLL Fail to Open

Hello,
I have created a DLL containing two functions that attempt to invoke dialog boxes. However, when executing the program that
calls the functions I see that the MessageBox, that's defined in one of the functions, is displayed, but neither of the dialog boxes open. It appears that I am not using the correct handle when calling these functions. Does anyone have a suggestion about how I can get the correct handle. Neither setting the handle to NULL, nor using GetModuleHandle() (to get the address of either the DLL or the Executable) works. The returned handle is always NULL. The two dialog boxes can be displayed through a different WIN32 application The two functions inside the DLL are:

Code:

---

// Modeless Dialog
extern "C"
{
TS104_API INT TS104_S1(VOID)
{
hWndParent = NULL;
hDlg = CreateDialog( GetModuleHandle(reinterpret_cast<LPCWSTR>("TS104.exe")),
MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_DIALOG2), hWndParent, (DLGPROC)GoTo1Proc );
if(hDlg != NULL)
{
 ShowWindow( hDlg, SW_SHOW );
}
else
{
 MessageBox( NULL, L"CreateDialog returned NULL", L"Warning!",
  MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION );
}
return TRUE;
}
}
// Modal Dialog
extern "C"
{
TS104_API INT TS104_S2( CHAR* Symbol, INT& Iarr, CONST INT Index )
{
hWndParent = NULL;
HINSTANCE hInstance = 0;
DialogBox( GetModuleHandle(reinterpret_cast<LPCWSTR>("TS104.exe")),
MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_DIALOG1), hWndParent, (DLGPROC)GoTo2Proc );
return TRUE;
}
}

---

Regards,
-Frank

> hDlg = CreateDialog( GetModuleHandle(reinterpret_cast<LPCWSTR>("TS104.e xe")),
I would suggest you look up how to create UNICODE strings, rather than trying to hammer the square peg into the round hole.

Just pretending you have a pointer to a UNICODE string doesn't make the actual string a UNICODE string.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Salem

Just pretending you have a pointer to a UNICODE string doesn't make the actual string a UNICODE string.

---

@ Salem,

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look at UNICODE strings tomorrow! I am assuming that GetModuleHandle() is the function to use. We'll see what happens later!

Regards,
-Frank

@ Salem,

Trashed the casts and changed the lines of code to 'hInstance = GetModuleHandle(L"TS104.dll");,' re-compiled and the dialogs opened. Your suggestion was right on. You also piqued my interest in learning more about UNICODE. Thanks!!

Regards,
-Frank

For compatibility ANSI - UNICODE:

#include <tchar.h>
...
hInstance = GetModuleHandle(_T("TS104.dll"));