Re: Positioning the SHBrowseForFolder window

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From: JD
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:05

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"Dennis Jones" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> [...] my point is that the size that is returned for the
> window is NOT correct.

Confirmed.

>> > Thus, if I try to execute my centering code from anywhere within the
>> > BrowseCallbackProc function, it is always too early because the
>> > window's size has not been updated yet.

Confirmed.

> [...] BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE flag [...] note: you will need to
> use CoInitializeEx( NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED ) for
> that flag to work

I do *not* need to.

> [...] Then after it gets resized, it appears offset from the
> desired form, after which the BrowseCallbackProc function
> will not be called again, thereby preventing any opportunity
> to re-position the window using its restored size.

I use AllocateHWnd and then use PostMessage when I detect
BFFM_INITIALIZED and it works for me.

~ JD

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