Dialog on a Dialog

[Mark Xa]

I have created a dialog on a dialog but when I move the parent dialog the child dialog does not move with the parent. Why is this?

[ovidiucucu]

That's because your dialog is not child (does not have WS_CHILD style set).
How did you create it?

[Mark Xa]

I created it with DialogBoxParam - where do I add the WS_CHILD style?

[ovidiucucu]

Aha, so you have created a dialog based on a resource dialog template.
That case you can add WS_CHILD style in the resource editor.

But DialogBoxParam creates a modal dialog box which is not good to be a child window.
Intead, call CreateDialogParam to create a modeless one, or easier, call CreateDialog macro.

PS. You don't use MFC?

[Mark Xa]

Thanks - I finally found it in the resource editor under style (popup, overlapped or child).

No I am not using MFC - this is a native win32 application.

[ovidiucucu]

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No I am not using MFC - this is a native win32 application.
Well, then the most appropriate forum is this one ( C++ and WinAPI).