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    'I reworked Semen's code into a reusable implementation as a replacement for
    'a standard msgbox. It always centers over it's parent. This was useful when our customers were running two instances
    'of a program and needed to keep any messageboxes associated with it's parent window indstead of popping up over
    'the other instance of the application. This works for 1 or two monitors. Probably used too many globals though.
    'It will return a Yes/No or any other value as determined by the flags.

    Code:
    #COMPILE EXE
    #DIM NONE
    DEFINT A-Z 
    #INCLUDE "WIN32API.INC"
    GLOBAL szWinPos AS ASCIIZ * %MAX_PATH
    GLOBAL FULL_SCREENx AS LONG
    GLOBAL FULL_SCREENy AS LONG
    GLOBAL hHook AS LONG,hdlg AS LONG                  
    %ID_LABEL    = 101
    %ID_TEXT     = 501
    %ID_BUTTON   = 11 
    FUNCTION SBProc(BYVAL lMsg AS LONG, BYVAL wParam AS LONG, _
       BYVAL lParam AS LONG) AS LONG
       IF lMsg = %HCBT_ACTIVATE THEN
          DIM rc1 AS RECT,rc2 AS RECT
          GetWindowRect wParam, rc2
          GetEnvironmentVariable "WINPOS",szWinPos,%MAX_PATH
          C2_WINPOS_Y&  = VAL(PARSE$(szWinPos,"|",1))
          C2_WINPOS_X&  = VAL(PARSE$(szWinPos,"|",2))
          FULL_SCREENx& = VAL(PARSE$(szWinPos,"|",3))
          FULL_SCREENy& = VAL(PARSE$(szWinPos,"|",4))
          CALLINGPRGM$  = PARSE$(szWinPos,"|",5)
          'hdlgiconic =  VAL(PARSE$(szWinPos,"|",6))
          rc1.nTop      = C2_WINPOS_Y&
          rc1.nLeft     = C2_WINPOS_X&
          rc1.nBottom   = C2_WINPOS_Y& + FULL_SCREENy&
          rc1.nRight    = C2_WINPOS_X& + FULL_SCREENx&
          SetWindowPos wParam, %HWND_TOPMOST, (rc1.nLeft + rc1.nRight - rc2.nRight + rc2.nLeft) / 2 , _
             (rc1.nTop + rc1.nBottom - rc2.nBottom + rc2.nTop) / 2, 0, 0, %SWP_NOSIZE OR %SWP_NOACTIVATE
          UnhookWindowsHookEx hHook
       END IF
    END FUNCTION
    FUNCTION MSGBX(MSG AS STRING,FLAGS AS LONG,HDG AS STRING) AS LONG
      hHook = SetWindowsHookEx(%WH_CBT, CODEPTR(SBProc), GetModuleHandle(BYVAL 0&), _
      GetCurrentThreadId)
      FUNCTION = MSGBOX(MSG,FLAGS,HDG)
    END FUNCTION
    CALLBACK FUNCTION hDlgProc
    
        SELECT CASE AS LONG CBMSG
            CASE %WM_INITDIALOG
    
              DIALOG GET LOC CBHNDL TO WINPOS_X&,WINPOS_Y&
              DIALOG UNITS CBHNDL, WINPOS_X&,WINPOS_Y& TO PIXELS C2_WINPOS_X&,C2_WINPOS_Y&
              DIALOG GET SIZE CBHNDL TO WINPOS_X&,WINPOS_Y&
              DIALOG UNITS CBHNDL, WINPOS_X&,WINPOS_Y& TO PIXELS FULL_SCREENx&,FULL_SCREENy&
              EnvironWinPos$ = STR$(C2_WINPOS_Y&) + "|" + STR$(C2_WINPOS_X&) + "|" + STR$(FULL_SCREENx&) + _
              "|" + STR$(FULL_SCREENy&) + "|" + CPROGID$ + "|" + STR$(CBHNDL)
              SetEnvironmentVariable "WINPOS",BYCOPY EnvironWinPos$
                ' Initialization handler
    
            CASE %WM_NCACTIVATE
                STATIC hWndSaveFocus AS DWORD
                IF ISFALSE CBWPARAM THEN
                    ' Save control focus
                    hWndSaveFocus = GetFocus()
                ELSEIF hWndSaveFocus THEN
                    ' Restore control focus
                    SetFocus(hWndSaveFocus)
                    hWndSaveFocus = 0
                END IF
    
            CASE %WM_MOVE
    
              DIALOG GET LOC CBHNDL TO WINPOS_X&,WINPOS_Y&
              DIALOG UNITS CBHNDL, WINPOS_X&,WINPOS_Y& TO PIXELS C2_WINPOS_X&,C2_WINPOS_Y&
              DIALOG GET SIZE CBHNDL TO WINPOS_X&,WINPOS_Y&
              DIALOG UNITS CBHNDL, WINPOS_X&,WINPOS_Y& TO PIXELS FULL_SCREENx&,FULL_SCREENy&
              EnvironWinPos$ = STR$(C2_WINPOS_Y&) + "|" + STR$(C2_WINPOS_X&) + "|" + STR$(FULL_SCREENx&) + _
              "|" + STR$(FULL_SCREENy&) + "|" + CPROGID$ + "|" + STR$(CBHNDL)
              SetEnvironmentVariable "WINPOS",BYCOPY EnvironWinPos$
    
            CASE %WM_COMMAND
                ' Process control notifications
                SELECT CASE AS LONG CBCTL
                    CASE %ID_LABEL
    
                    CASE %ID_TEXT
    
                    CASE %ID_BUTTON
                        IF CBCTLMSG = %BN_CLICKED OR CBCTLMSG = 1 THEN
                            MSGBX "%ID_BUTTON=" + FORMAT$(%ID_BUTTON), _
                                %MB_TASKMODAL,"Centered in parent"
                        END IF
    
                END SELECT
        END SELECT
    END FUNCTION
    FUNCTION PBMAIN
      DIALOG NEW  0, "Another centered msgbox", 145, 81, 176, 107, _
        %WS_POPUP OR %WS_BORDER OR %WS_DLGFRAME OR %WS_SYSMENU OR _
        %WS_MINIMIZEBOX OR %WS_MAXIMIZEBOX OR %WS_CLIPSIBLINGS OR _
        %WS_VISIBLE OR %DS_MODALFRAME OR %DS_3DLOOK OR %DS_NOFAILCREATE OR _
        %DS_SETFONT, %WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE OR %WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT OR _
        %WS_EX_LEFT OR %WS_EX_LTRREADING OR %WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR, TO hDlg
      CONTROL ADD LABEL,   hDlg, %ID_LABEL, "Field", 10, 25, 35, 10
      CONTROL ADD TEXTBOX, hDlg, %ID_TEXT, "", 50, 25, 90, 10
      CONTROL ADD BUTTON,  hDlg, %ID_BUTTON, "Click Me!", 70, 70, 45, 15
      DIALOG SHOW MODAL hDlg, CALL hDlgProc
    END FUNCTION
    Last edited by BOB MECHLER; 1 Jan 2008, 04:29 PM. Reason: More info
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