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> This is probably a simple one, but I would like to know how to keep
> animation active when a window looses focus.
> 
> I am using MFC with Visual C++ v1.52.  I am moving bitmaps across the view
> window with bitblt's.  Whenever I activate a dialog box or other
> application, the animation visually stops, although it continues in memory.
>  When the animation window regains focus, the bitmaps move from where they
> would have been if the window stayed active.

I'm doing a similar thing but animating an OpenGL window.  How are you
doing the animation when it's in focus?  I've been using SetTimer(1,
100, NULL), setting up an OnTimer() handler (which is really easy in
MFC--or at least with Visual C++ 4.0), and it works great.  It doesn't
matter at all if it's in focus or not.  Of course the timer has to
redraw the window, but I usually just call OnPaint() from within my
timer handler.

Good luck,

-joel

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