Thread: Dialogs in memory? How ridiculous...

Hi,

I'm trying to get the sample code from MSDN for "Creating a Template in Memory" (Platform SDK->User Interface Services->Windowing->Dialog Boxes->Using Dialog Boxes) to work, but after calling the DisplayMyMessage with GetModuleHandle(NULL), my window's handle and a test message as parameters, nothing happened.

Using FormatMessage with GetLastError() gives "Invalid window handle.", which is rubbish, because I can see the window and all the other functions don't have a problem with it. What else could stop this from working?

Hmm, if I change the DLGTEMPLATE's cdit member from 3 to 0 or 1, it works. The cdit member tells DialogBoxIndirect how many controls are on the dialog. I think MSDN made a boo boo defining the "Help button" and "Static text control" somewhere, or they're misaligned or something. I really would like to use more than one control in my dialogs

Am I on my own with this one?