How to set parent of object with parent's handle???

[LatinaLuva]

I am designing a function to create a form within a DLL. In my function, I
pass the handles of both the application variable and a specified parent
control. After getting the parent control's handle, how do I make the form
that I have created within the DLL a child of the parent that is specified
by the handle passed as a parameter?

Thanks!

Steve Kothenbeutel
skothe...@consultant.com

[Biplab De]

Try with the following function
windows.SetParent(hWndChild, hWndNewParent: HWND): HWND

Thanks,
Biplab

"LatinaLuva" <Latin...@mexico.com> wrote in message
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[LatinaLuva]

I tried the function out... but nothing happened... after executing the
"show" method on the form, nothing showed. Here is the sequence of
commands:

Form1 := TFormMisc.Create(nil);
with Form1 do
begin
SetParent(Handle, fParentHandle);
show;
end;

Is these anything else I need to do to get the form to show within a
particular control within my calling exe program?

Thanks!

"Biplab De" <bip...@sysmetricsolutions.com> wrote in message
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[Biplab De]

Without setting parent handle my program works fine. see below.....

library pdll;
uses
SysUtils,
Windows,
Classes,
forms;

{$R *.RES}

function CreateAForm(AParentHandle: HWND):boolean; stdcall;
var
Form1: TForm;
begin
Form1 := TForm.Create(nil);
with Form1 do
begin
//SetParent(Handle, AParentHandle);
Caption:= 'Creating a form with-in a DLL';
showmodal; // Show;
end;
end;

exports
CreateAForm;
end.
--------------------------------------
DLL Calling program

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
StdCtrls;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
function CreateAForm(AParentHandle:HWND): boolean stdcall; external
'pdll.dll';
var
Form1: TForm1;

implementation
{$R *.DFM}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
CreateAForm(Application.handle);
end;

end.

Thanks,
Biplab

"LatinaLuva" <Latin...@mexico.com> wrote in message

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[LatinaLuva]

Thanks for the reply... but what I am trying to accomplish is embedding the
form created within the DLL within a container (ie Panel) within my calling
application. In order to do this, I need to somehow set the parent of the
DLL form. I know how to create a form... that is not a problem... the
problem is that I can't get it to be shown within a panel... for example.

Thanks for the input.

"Biplab De" <bip...@sysmetricsolutions.com> wrote in message

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