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how do i embedded a window in other window?

i want to make a litle aplication and i want to make a main window and multy subwindows inside the main window like in many programs i know

if it is possibele please reply and help!!!

You should read up on the MDIGadget()..

Pupil wrote:You should read up on the MDIGadget()..

ok thanks

OK i get it

but now i want to know if is there a way to get the handle of the window when you run it like and then embedded it to my window or other things
i have seen some program in internet that with a path to a exe in parameters he run it and send it to systray
i want to do something like that please help me

goomoo wrote:

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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,#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget|#PB_Window_MaximizeGadget,"Containt Notepad") 
If hwndMain=0 
  End 
EndIf 
CreateGadgetList(hwndMain) 
hContainer=ContainerGadget(1,3,3,636,470,#PB_Container_Single) 
; --> Add #WS_CLIPCHILDREN to the ContainerGadget 
SetWindowLong_(hContainer, #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong_(hContainer, #GWL_STYLE) | #WS_CLIPCHILDREN) 
; --> Add #WS_CHILD to Notepad 
SetWindowLong_(hWndNotepad, #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong_(hWndNotepad, #GWL_STYLE) | #WS_CHILD ! #WS_POPUP) 
; --> 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, 20, 20, 500, 400, 0) 

Repeat 
  event=WaitWindowEvent() 
Until event=#PB_Event_CloseWindow

Thank's man that work good!

But i dont want only notepad i want to be able to get other's programs, even pb programs

you can get other app's window handle by it's caption string.

goomoo wrote:you can get other app's window handle by it's caption string.

yeah i know that ....

but if i dont know the caption it will never work

Is it possible to get this to work with DOS apps. It would be great to be able to do this, to implement a method of ensuring the single instance of an app, where I no longer have the source.

I tried doing it, but I just get the DOS app launch in it's own window as normal.

Colin

forget the whole thing

I know somthing like this can be done, as I've done it using MultiMediaBuilder.

Colin

Colin,

MMB and PB are very different tools. They do things differently, with different results.

MMB uses Activex for embedding applications.

PB can do embedding, but it has to be done low level, like in this flash example:
viewtopic.php?t=11465&highlight=swf

If you really need to do this easily, then stick with MMB.

OK, that's fine. I'm just the eternal tinkerer, I always like to find new ways to do stuff as it helps to further my understanding.

Ok thank's you all

I am not talked only in Embebded it in window i am talking in get his handle for do somethings with it like hide the taskbar icon or some other things

please try this code ( i write the code here so mabe there is some spell errors )

and i get "404" always that and if i run mspaint it give me other thing

that's why i have that idea that it can be done

oh well.....

i am so n0000b

Maybe this help?
viewtopic.php?t=6753