[Fwd: RE: [ros-kernel] Hunting a task]

[Vizzini]

Skywing cannot post atm so this is from him.

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Skywing <skywing at valhallalegends.com>
To: Vizzini <vizzini at plasmic.com>
Subject: RE: [ros-kernel] Hunting a task
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:30:39 -0500

I myself have written code that will break if MessageBox is not implemented
with dialog boxes.  I've seen discussion on the Microsoft programming
newsgroups where other people have done the same thing, too.  Furthermore,
the Platform SDK even says that MessageBox uses dialog boxes.

"lpCaption
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the dialog box title.
If this parameter is NULL, the default title Error is used. 
uType
[in] Specifies the contents and behavior of the dialog box. This parameter
can be a combination of flags from the following groups of flags." -
MessageBox documentation.

Also, the MessageBox family of functions is organized under the "Dialog
Boxes" section in the Platform SDK.

All of these factors lead me to believe that changing this behavior is
dangerous and will break compatibility.

Note that creating dialog boxes with dynamic control sets/positions is
possible through using DialogBoxIndirectParam/CreateDialogBoxIndirectParam
and modifying the dialog template before using it to create the dialog.  I
believe that this is in fact what the Microsoft implementation of MessageBox
does.

-----Original Message-----
From: ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com [mailto:ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com]
On Behalf Of Waldo Alvarez Cañizares - another buried alive
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 10:07 AM
To: ReactOS Kernel List
Subject: Re: [ros-kernel] Hunting a task

Hi ppl:
 
> > - Get ansi MessageBox working (user32.dll)
> 
> Seems easier. I think i can handle this, but i will only do it if nobody 
> is working there.
> 

I was taking a look to MessageBox. Seems to me that it is quite complete 
with some small things to do. But i saw that a messagebox is implemented 
as a dialog. This seems incorrect to me.

1- The window size for it is unknown when you create it (depends on 
factors as the text lenght)

2- You don't know the buttons it contains until you create it.

3- You don't know if it has an icon until you create it. (current 
implementation will contain a dummy static control)

4- And the worst. What if the system is unable to load resources and you 
want to display an error using a messagebox?

So actually you almost don't know anything until it is created.

That's why I think that everything should be created when the function is 
called. Somebody against it. If you do please explain. Because I'm about 
to change it.

Best Regards
Waldo

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