Re: Re: Catch WM_KEYDOWN even when modal dialog is open

Thanks for your answer!

I cannot use the WTL idle processing. The code you see "locks" the Windows
CE device when you press a certain key sequence. onDeviceIdle then displays
a lock icon.

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:46 AM, domehead100 <[email protected]> wrote:

> You'd have to use a windows hook (either a keyboard hook or a message hook)
> if the dialog is modal.
>
> If the dialog can be nonmodal (it could disable it's owner or the owner's
> top-level parent to simulate being modal), of course you could still use
> PreTranslateMessage.
>
> Glancing at your code, from what you're trying to do I'm wondering why not
> just use WTL's built-in idle processing in the main GUI thread?
>
> ~Mike
>
>
> --- In [email protected], Philipp Kursawe <phil.kursawe@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have this PreTranslateMessage:
> >
> > bool preTranslateMessage(MSG& msg) {
> >     if (msg.message == WM_KEYDOWN && !lockWindow) {
> >       if (keyBuffer.check(msg.wParam)) {
> >         onDeviceIdle();
> >         return true;
> >       }
> >     }
> >     return BaseFrame::PreTranslateMessage(&msg) ||
> > BaseFrame::IsDialogMessage(&msg) || sheet.PreTranslateMessage(&msg);
> >   }
> >
> >
> > Now, when a modal dialog is open, it has its own message loop and my
> > message loop is bypassed. How could I catch WM_KEYDOWN messages anyway
> > without modifying the dialogs message loop?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Phil
> >
>
>
>
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