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Confining Windows calculator inside the VFP main window
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Confining Windows calculator inside the VFP main window

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This code attempts to make the VFP window the parent window for the Windows Calculator.
 
#DEFINE SW_SHOWNORMAL  1
DO declare
 
LOCAL hCalc
 
DO WHILE .T.
    hCalc = FindWindow(NULL, "Calculator")
    IF hCalc = 0
        = WinExec("calc.exe", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
    ELSE
        EXIT
    ENDIF
ENDDO
 
* Change the parent window for the calculator.
* As you can see, normally this is the Windows Desktop
 
? "Handle to the Windows Desktop:", GetDesktopWindow()
 
* use this line in VFP3..6
*? "Handle to the previous owner:", SetParent(hCalc,;
*    GetActiveWindow())
 
* VFP7+
? "Handle to the previous owner:", SetParent(hCalc, _screen.HWND)
* end of main
 
PROCEDURE declare
    DECLARE INTEGER GetActiveWindow IN user32
    DECLARE INTEGER GetDesktopWindow IN user32
 
    DECLARE INTEGER FindWindow IN user32;
        STRING lpClassName, STRING lpWindowName
 
    DECLARE INTEGER WinExec IN kernel32;
        STRING lpCmdLine, INTEGER nCmdShow
 
    DECLARE INTEGER SetParent IN user32;
        INTEGER hWndChild, INTEGER hWndNewParent
 
 
 

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Created: 2002-01-10 18:54:19  
Modified: 2012-10-09 09:46:23  
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My comment:
The parent window for the Windows calculator is usually the Windows Desktop. Changing it to the _screen.HWND makes the calculator confined inside the main VFP window.

SciCalc is the window class for the Calculator.

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