initalizing dialog boxes

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From: John C. Lusth
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:44

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Hi again.  Thanks to the those who pointed out the obvious in
that I need to call IsDlgMessage for the tab keys to switch input
focus.

Now another question.  When do I initialize my child windows when
I am using a dialog box as my main window (ala HEXCALC in Petzold)?
I never receive a WM_INITDIALOG message; when I receive the
WM_CREATE message, my child windows are not yet created (i.e.
GetDlgItem returns 0).

What I ended up doing is the first time I receive a message from
the child window, I initialize the child window.  This is not a very
appealing method.

A related question is I can't return TRUE when processing a WM_INITDIALOG
message since I never receive it.  Therefore none of my child windows
gets the initial input focus.  What's up with that?

john
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John C. Lusth, Becton Dickinson Research Center, RTP, NC, USA  jcl@bdrc.bd.com

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