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marko	Posted - 02/03/2005 : 12:01:10 PM Origin Version (Select Help-->About Origin): O7.5P Operating System: W2k Hi, is it possible to open from inside Origin a system modal dialog box? The reason is: I need to be informed when Origin encounters a certain condition while reading data in the background. At first I wanted to use simply "type -b" without parameters which should produce a beep. But unfortunately my computer stays silent for some reason, perhaps the speaker is not working... So my idea was to let Origin popup a dialog box as the topmost window on the desktop in this case. Is there a way to accomplish this? I am afraid that would only be possible with a selfmade DLL. But perhaps OriginC is capable of such a task?! Marko
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marko	Posted - 02/04/2005 : 03:05:47 AM Hi Mike, no actually I meant with background only that Origin would be hidden behind all my other opened application windows! :) Marko
Mike Buess	Posted - 02/03/2005 : 1:59:10 PM Hi Marko, You say Origin is in the background. Are you using the method I talk about in this topic?... http://www.originlab.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3671 I've never actually done anything with the program window hidden and am curious if you've encountered any pitfalls. Mike Buess Origin WebRing Member
marko	Posted - 02/03/2005 : 1:38:25 PM Thanks cpyang, that solves it! Well, I am working in foreground with other programs without seeing Origin at all. Silently the latter is reading and displaying data in background and I just want to be informed when a certain condition becomes true. That's stg type couldn't do for me, but this tiny Origin C function could! Great, thanks! Marko
cpyang	Posted - 02/03/2005 : 12:52:59 PM what is wrong with just type -b "something is happening"? If you are talking about a box with system modal, then just void sd() { MessageBox(GetWindow(), "Hello", "Test", MB_OK \| MB_SYSTEMMODAL); }

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