Consider the following situation:

I have a dialog window with an entry field in it. I do not want
the user to be able to change the content of that field directly.
What I want is a second dialog box that opens when the entry field
receives the focus, since the entry field only shows a part of the
actual data it stands for. However, when I intercept the WM_SETFOCUS
command to open that second dialog window, I get a problem. As the
PM reference says, I may not change the focus while processing
WM_SETFOCUS. But this is exactly what happens when I open a dialog
window. So, how can I do it? I need a method to open a dialog window
while processing WM_SETFOCUS, make it the currently focussed window
and return the focus to the window that received WM_SETFOCUS in the
first place _without_ having it receive that message again (because
this would result in an endless loop).

Any ideas?

Tschoe, Steffen

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