Embedding a third-party application window into a wxWidgets window

[zaiboot]

Hello sandro, I am not a guru, but I'm on my way ;-)

I have been using wxWidgets and win32 api with VC6  and in msdn 6.0 I found
this:

GetWindow
The GetWindow function retrieves a handle to a window that has the specified
relationship (Z order or owner) to the specified window. 

HWND GetWindow(
  HWND hWnd,  // handle to original window
  UINT uCmd   // relationship flag
);

SetParent
The SetParent function changes the parent window of the specified child
window. 

HWND SetParent(
  HWND hWndChild,      // handle to window whose parent is changing
  HWND hWndNewParent   // handle to new parent window
);

EnumWindows
The EnumWindows function enumerates all top-level windows on the screen by
passing the handle to each window, in turn, to an application-defined
callback function. EnumWindows continues until the last top-level window is
enumerated or the callback function returns FALSE. 

BOOL EnumWindows(
  WNDENUMPROC lpEnumFunc,  // pointer to callback function
  LPARAM lParam            // application-defined value
);
 

Maybe you can use it with something like this:

1. Call enum windows.
2. in the callback proc I call get window, if i found the desired window do
some processing, like calling SetParent or ShowWindow and return false,
otherwise return true, so I can get the next HWND.

I have seen that before and maybe is a trick, but I think that it can be
done.
greetings 

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Sandro Sigala [mailto:sandro at sigala.it] 
Enviado el: Martes, 04 de Septiembre de 2007 10:24 p.m.
Para: wx-users at lists.wxwidgets.org
Asunto: Embedding a third-party application window into a wxWidgets window 

Hello to all,

This is a question to all the Win32 API gurus :-)

I'm developing a Win32 wxWidgets application that executes another Win32
third-party application.

I would like to integrate somehow the third-party application into my own
application window. The 3rd-party application is a Win32 GUI standard app
that shows only one window on the screen.

I thought of two possible (?) solutions:
1) Real embedding: reparent the third party window using the Windows API
into my own application window;
2) Fake embedding: force the third party window size and position onto my
own application window and remove the 3rd-party application title bar using
the Windows API.

I'm not an expert and maybe the solution 1) is not possible, but the 2) I
guess it's somehow possible.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Sandro


--
Sandro Sigala
sandro AT sigala DOT it             GPG Key: 0xB54F3B39

() Please avoid sending me Word attachments /\ see
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Against HTML Mail, Proprietary Attachments

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: wx-users-unsubscribe at lists.wxwidgets.org
For additional commands, e-mail: wx-users-help at lists.wxwidgets.org

__________ Información de NOD32, revisión 2507 (20070905) __________

Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system
http://www.nod32.com