Windows API - force focus on window

What you're referring to is known as a modal dialog. You typically create one using an API call like DialogBox or one of the related functions.

If you can provide some additional details on your code (how you create the window, etc.) we can give you some more specific tips [smile]

What about SetFocus()?

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Original post by Vortez What about SetFocus()?

SetFocus does not change the modality of a window. The OP wants the designated window to be modal, i.e. always in focus, not simply to activate its focus.

I have a resource file (.rc)



And in main source, when clicking File->Import

Replace CreateDialog with DialogBox, delete the ShowWindow() and if you must repaint the parent window use InvalidateRect() rather than posting WM_PAINT. Don't forget to add a call to EndDialog somewhere in FileImportDlgProc or you'll never be able to get rid of it.

You might want to post the declaration of the FileImportDialogProc function too, the cast on the function pointer shouldn't be necessary.

adeyblue: works! exactly what i needed.
Thanks everyone for fast responses.

Placed EndDialog on both WM_CLOSE and own CANCEL button.

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You might want to post the declaration of the FileImportDialogProc function too

I had to do that, cause the FileImportDialogProc is defined later.. code readability reasons.

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the cast on the function pointer shouldn't be necessary.

cannot convert from 'INT_PTR' to 'HWND' is this what you were thinking about?
Actually, I can't think of a reason to hold that pointer to the function, so it isn't so important to me.. maybe just for future references.

For future reference, please don't marked threads as "solved" in the General Programming forum. Thanks! [smile]

This doesn't do what you think it does:
PostMessage(hwnd, WM_PAINT, 0, 0);
It sends a WM_PAINT message to your window, but doesn't correctly handle updating the window. In the best case it'll not work. In the worst case, it'll appear to work but break on a future version of windows or on other peoples PCs.

You probably want InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, FALSE);.