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From: phil hunt on 13 Aug 2010 08:54 I have an application that pop up a form (vbModal) asking for password in order to proceed. It pops up after a period of idling. It works prettty well. The hassle comes when there is a MsgBox popping up and the user does not respond, then the modal form pop up. Now I got 2 modal things, and you cannot click anything to move on. I have been sidestepping the problem by disabling the modal form whenever I show msgbox. I am wondering if there is a better way to do this.
From: Nobody on 13 Aug 2010 09:48 "phil hunt" <a(a)abc.com> wrote in message news:i43f9i$k9b$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >I have an application that pop up a form (vbModal) asking for password in >order to proceed. It pops up after a period of idling. It works prettty >well. > The hassle comes when there is a MsgBox popping up and the user does not > respond, then the modal form pop up. Now I got 2 modal things, and you > cannot click anything to move on. I have been sidestepping the problem by > disabling the modal form whenever I show msgbox. I am wondering if there > is a better way to do this. Do you have any minimized windows, even hidden background ones? Try calling this routine before showing the password form and MsgBox: Public Declare Sub OutputDebugString Lib "kernel32" Alias _ "OutputDebugStringA" (ByVal lpOutputString As String) Public Sub PrintAllMinimizedForms() Dim frm As Form For Each frm In Forms If frm.WindowState = vbMinimized Then DebugPrint "PrintAllMinimizedForms: " & frm.Name End If Next End Sub Public Sub DebugPrint(ByRef s As String) Debug.Print s OutputDebugString s & vbCrLf End Sub Use the following software to view the output when running in the EXE: DebugView: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx One similar problem I had is when showing a prompt, it would be out of focus. It turned out that I had a background form that is hidden and minimized. The form was minimized to save memory. Just by making it minimized, my app Mem Usage in Task Manager stays at 4 MB, instead of 10 MB, even when the form is hidden in both cases. The Form was used as a Winsock host. If I don't minimize it, then the problem disappears. Eventually I had to use ForceForegroundWindow() function, but I don't like this solution as MS would probably block it some day: http://vb.mvps.org/samples/ForceFore/ If you had no luck, can you post code that duplicates the problem?
From: phil hunt on 13 Aug 2010 09:53 The codes are intertwined, that's why I am asking if anyone had other option. Just wondering if there is way to show a "free-flowing " msgbox. "Nobody" <nobody(a)nobody.com> wrote in message news:i43ift$ttu$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > "phil hunt" <a(a)abc.com> wrote in message > news:i43f9i$k9b$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>I have an application that pop up a form (vbModal) asking for password in >>order to proceed. It pops up after a period of idling. It works prettty >>well. >> The hassle comes when there is a MsgBox popping up and the user does not >> respond, then the modal form pop up. Now I got 2 modal things, and you >> cannot click anything to move on. I have been sidestepping the problem by >> disabling the modal form whenever I show msgbox. I am wondering if there >> is a better way to do this. > > Do you have any minimized windows, even hidden background ones? Try > calling this routine before showing the password form and MsgBox: > > Public Declare Sub OutputDebugString Lib "kernel32" Alias _ > "OutputDebugStringA" (ByVal lpOutputString As String) > > Public Sub PrintAllMinimizedForms() > Dim frm As Form > > For Each frm In Forms > If frm.WindowState = vbMinimized Then > DebugPrint "PrintAllMinimizedForms: " & frm.Name > End If > Next > > End Sub > > Public Sub DebugPrint(ByRef s As String) > Debug.Print s > OutputDebugString s & vbCrLf > End Sub > > Use the following software to view the output when running in the EXE: > > DebugView: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx > > One similar problem I had is when showing a prompt, it would be out of > focus. It turned out that I had a background form that is hidden and > minimized. The form was minimized to save memory. Just by making it > minimized, my app Mem Usage in Task Manager stays at 4 MB, instead of 10 > MB, even when the form is hidden in both cases. The Form was used as a > Winsock host. If I don't minimize it, then the problem disappears. > Eventually I had to use ForceForegroundWindow() function, but I don't like > this solution as MS would probably block it some day: > > http://vb.mvps.org/samples/ForceFore/ > > If you had no luck, can you post code that duplicates the problem? > >
From: ralph on 13 Aug 2010 10:23 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:54:14 -0400, "phil hunt" <a(a)abc.com> wrote: >I have an application that pop up a form (vbModal) asking for password in >order to proceed. It pops up after a period of idling. It works prettty >well. >The hassle comes when there is a MsgBox popping up and the user does not >respond, then the modal form pop up. Now I got 2 modal things, and you >cannot click anything to move on. I have been sidestepping the problem by >disabling the modal form whenever I show msgbox. I am wondering if there is >a better way to do this. > You might replace your MessageBox with a custom Form that automatically closes. http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=8597 Not sure where or why these other messages are coming up, but you might also simply redirect them to the popup password Form and display them there. -ralph
From: Kevin Provance on 13 Aug 2010 13:56
"phil hunt" <a(a)abc.com> wrote in message news:i43ioa$uo9$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... : The codes are intertwined, that's why I am asking if anyone had other : option. : Just wondering if there is way to show a "free-flowing " msgbox. Roll your own and call it like this: frmMsgbox.Show Do While frmMsgbox.Visible DoEvents Loop Unload frmMsgbox |