>Hi all,
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>Ran across some really old code only used in one spot in an app - it was a wrapper class that it looks like I created in 2003 using ideas, it seems, from Stonefield.
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>It is a wrapper to Microsoft common dialog control version 6. I copied in the constants from the original article/sample or whatever it was but now can't find the original article. It might have also come as part of some Stonefield product.
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>Anyhow, have traced down an error in the app that if the user leaves this dialog up and running (why, I do not know) at night when the system is trying to do a forced shutdown (so that maintenance can be done), that the app is not able to close.
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>First thought was to try to see if there was a flag that could be set to timeout on the dialog but a) have not found a .h file to go with the control and b) any searches for similar MS dialogs do not seem to have a flag anyhow.
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>So first question would be, any idea if dialogs from MSFT have timeout capability?
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>Secondly, if not, how can I programmatically tell if the dialog is open and how do I kill it? The built-in standard shutdown routine shuts down all open forms but this is not a form - maybe I have to call an api in Windows to tell me the topmost form and then figure out if it is a vfp form or ??? just thinking out loud here...
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>Albert

Could this be the article you were thinking of? https://doughennig.com/Papers/Pub/Mar97.pdf