How to display a non-modal CDialog?

c++ mfc visual-c++ cdialog
rufian de los 4 mares picture rufian de los 4 mares · Feb 16, 2010 · Viewed 32.7k times · Source

Can someone tell me how I could create a Non Modal Dialog in MFC's Visual c++ 6.0 and show it? I wrote this code:

CDialog dialog;
if (dialog.init(initialization values...))
   dialog.DoModal();

But it blocks my application from showing the dialog. I dont know if there exists any method or other way to do it.

Thanks

Answer

Ramakrishna picture Ramakrishna · Feb 16, 2010 
/* CChildDialog class is inherited from CDialog */
CChildDialog *m_pDialog = NULL;

// Invoking the Dialog
m_pDialog = new CChildDialog();

if (m_pDialog != NULL)
{
      BOOL ret = m_pDialog->Create(IDD_CHILDDIALOG, this);

      if (!ret)   //Create failed.
      {
         AfxMessageBox(_T("Error creating Dialog"));
      }    
      m_pDialog->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
}

// Delete the dialog once done
delete m_pDialog;

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