PocketPC 2002 emulator (but not only) problem

[Henryk Birecki]

I have run into a problem trying to recompile an application and debug
it using the latest PocketPC 2002 emulator beta. The program runs just
fine on many pre 2002 machines. As the program starts it loads the
"main frame" and resources and then opens a modal dialog (MFC file
dialog) to enter a file name. Unfortunately the file dialog hides
behind the frame window and the application for all practical purposes
hangs.

This is not the first time that I see a modal dialog hiding below
another window of an application hanging it up. I've seen it on
Desktop PCs and CE machines, in applications written by myself and by
others. There is no apparent rhyme nor reason to that behaviour, but
it is a royal pain in the behind. When an MFC CFileDialog window does
it, I can only say ... HELP!...

Any ideas on how to avoid such behaviour?

Henryk Birecki

[Jonathan Tanner [MS]]

Henryk,

While I can't offer you specific assistance on the API that is troubling
you, I can try to explain why the behavior might be different now with the
Pocket PC 2002 emulator vs. the Pocket PC emulator.
The old emulator would take calls, such as Create Window, and "Thunk"
those down to the NT calls underneath. Therefore when you ran your
application on it, you would get behavior and windowing orders that are more
similar to the desktop. With the new emulator, you should be getting
behavior that is nearly identical to the real device.

~Jonathan
"Henryk Birecki" <bir...@hpl.hp.com> wrote in message
news:jdc3utsqt42c6844i...@4ax.com...