Positioning of a Standard Dialog Box

[Guenter Meinel]

Hello Dev-C++ Friends,

I use the compiler for Windows-GUI applications.
In started off with the example "FileEditor" as a base for my own application. The problem now is as follows:
since recently, I work with two monitors. When I start FileEditor, move the window to the second monitor and try to open a file, the open-dialog is displayed on the first monitor.
Windows treats the two monitors as if they were just one monitor with double width. Independendly of the two-monitor-situation, I can therefore formulate my question: how can I position the dialog form in relation to the position of the main window?

Regards,
Guenter.

[Guenter Meinel]

Hello Old Newbie,

Thank you for the hint.
However, in the example "FileEditor"(part of the download package of DEV-C++),
there is no "CreateDialog()" function, but "GetSaveFileName(&ofn)".
Within the struct "ofn", the member
"ofn.hwndOwner" is set to hwnd, which should be the parant window, but does not have any positioning effect.

Regards,
Guenter.

[Anonymous]

In the CreateDialog() function, the hWndParent parameter must point to the main window.

HTH.