Embedding a program into the MDI gadget??

[Hydrate]

I remember seeing this before, but i must be wording it wrong as i cant find what im looking for using the search feature. How can i get a program like the command prompt, and load it up into my MDI gadget?

[lexvictory]

well, it never used to work everytime in pb3.94 (using notepad as the captured window)....
but it seems to work good in pb4.01...

this is the code that was in that topic, but i was playing with it, and i dont comment my code.....and i seem to have commened out the mdigadget stuff and put notepad into a containergadget....

still has a few bugs, but here it is anyway....

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RunProgram("notepad.exe") 
hWndNotepad=FindWindow_("Notepad",#Null) 
While hWndNotepad=0 
  Delay(100) 
  hWndNotepad=FindWindow_("Notepad",#Null) 
Wend 

hwndMain=OpenWindow(1,0,0,640,480,"Containt Notepad",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget|#PB_Window_MaximizeGadget|#WS_CLIPCHILDREN) 
If hwndMain=0 
  End 
EndIf 
CreateGadgetList(hwndMain) 
hContainer=ContainerGadget(1,3,3,636,470,#PB_Container_Single)
;CreateMenu(0, WindowID())
;MenuTitle("Menu index 0")
;      MenuTitle("MDI windows menu")
;        MenuItem(0, "self created item")
;        MenuItem(1, "self created item")
        
 ;     mdithing = MDIGadget(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, #PB_MDI_AutoSize)
  
; --> Add #WS_CLIPCHILDREN to the ContainerGadget 
;SetWindowLong_(hContainer, #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong_(hContainer, #GWL_STYLE) | #WS_CLIPCHILDREN) 
; --> Add #WS_CHILD to Notepad 
ShowTitlebar(hwndnotepad, #False)
SetWindowPos_(hWndNotepad, 0, 0, 0, 640, 480, 0)
SetWindowLong_(hWndNotepad, #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong_(hWndNotepad, #GWL_STYLE)| #WS_CHILD  !#WS_POPUP) 
SetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_EXSTYLE) ! #WS_EX_APPWINDOW)
;SetMenu_(hwndmain, GetMenu_(hwndnotepad))
;SetMenu_(hwndnotepad, 0)
notepadwindowproc = GetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_WNDPROC)


;SetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_EXSTYLE) | #WS_EX_MDICHILD)
; --> Set the ContainerGadget as the parent 
; --> Remove WS_POPUP style, Now Notepad's menu available,and works better! 
SetParent_(hWndNotepad,hcontainer) 
; --> Position Notepad 
SetWindowPos_(hWndNotepad, 0, 0, 0, 640, 480, 0)
;SendMessage_(hwndnotepad, #WM_PAINT, null, null) 

Repeat 
  event=WaitWindowEvent()

Until event=#PB_Event_CloseWindow

[Hydrate]

I managed to get that code to work fine for notepad, but the below always fails for the command prompt:

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RunProgram("cmd.exe")
hWndNotepad=FindWindow_("C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe",#Null)
While hWndNotepad=0
  Delay(100)
  hWndNotepad=FindWindow_("C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe",#Null)
Wend

hwndMain=OpenWindow(1,0,0,320,240,"Containt Notepad",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget|#PB_Window_MaximizeGadget|#WS_CLIPCHILDREN)
If hwndMain=0
  End
EndIf
CreateGadgetList(hwndMain)
hContainer=ContainerGadget(1,3,3,316,230,#PB_Container_Single)
;CreateMenu(0, WindowID())
;MenuTitle("Menu index 0")
;      MenuTitle("MDI windows menu")
;        MenuItem(0, "self created item")
;        MenuItem(1, "self created item")
       
 ;     mdithing = MDIGadget(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, #PB_MDI_AutoSize)
 
; --> Add #WS_CLIPCHILDREN to the ContainerGadget
;SetWindowLong_(hContainer, #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong_(hContainer, #GWL_STYLE) | #WS_CLIPCHILDREN)
; --> Add #WS_CHILD to Notepad
ShowTitlebar(hwndnotepad, #False)
SetWindowPos_(hWndNotepad, 0, 0, 0, 300, 230, 0)
SetWindowLong_(hWndNotepad, #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong_(hWndNotepad, #GWL_STYLE)| #WS_CHILD  !#WS_POPUP)
SetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_EXSTYLE) ! #WS_EX_APPWINDOW)
;SetMenu_(hwndmain, GetMenu_(hwndnotepad))
;SetMenu_(hwndnotepad, 0)
notepadwindowproc = GetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_WNDPROC)


;SetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong_(hwndnotepad, #GWL_EXSTYLE) | #WS_EX_MDICHILD)
; --> Set the ContainerGadget as the parent
; --> Remove WS_POPUP style, Now Notepad's menu available,and works better!
SetParent_(hWndNotepad,hcontainer)
; --> Position Notepad
SetWindowPos_(hWndNotepad, 0, 0, 0, 640, 480, 0)
;SendMessage_(hwndnotepad, #WM_PAINT, null, null)

Repeat
  event=WaitWindowEvent()

Until event=#PB_Event_CloseWindow 

Any ideas why??

[PB]

> the below always fails for the command prompt

Replace:

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hWndNotepad=FindWindow_("C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe",#Null)

with:

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Delay(250) : hWndNotepad=GetForegroundWindow_()

And delete the While/Wend loop. It's a hack, but it works for now.

[srod]

You have the FindWindow_() parameters the wrong way round!

Use:

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FindWindow_(0,"C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe")

[Hydrate]

Thank you very much, sorted now, lol. I wonder why it worked with the parameters the wrong way round for notepad...

[lexvictory]

because notepad's classname IS 'Notepad', its window title (the 2nd one) can be anything, like 'Untitled - Notepad'