DialogBox

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This function creates a modal dialog box from a dialog box template resource. DialogBoxdoes not return control until the specified callback function terminates the modal dialog box by calling the EndDialogfunction.

int
DialogBox( HINSTANCE
hInstance
, LPCTSTR
lpTemplate
, HWND
hWndParent
, DLGPROC
lpDialogFunc
);

Parameters

hInstance

[in] Handle to the module whose executable file contains the dialog box template.

lpTemplate

[in] Long pointer to the dialog box template. This parameter is either the pointer to a null-terminated character string that specifies the name of the dialog box template or an integer value that specifies the resource identifier of the dialog box template. If the parameter specifies a resource identifier, its high-order word must be zero and its low-order word must contain the identifier. You can use the MAKEINTRESOURCEmacro to create this value.

hWndParent

[in] Handle to the window that owns the dialog box.

lpDialogFunc

[in] Long pointer to the dialog box procedure. For more information about the dialog box procedure, see DialogProc.

Return Values

The value of the nResultparameter in the call to the EndDialogfunction indicates success. –1 indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The DialogBoxmacro uses the CreateWindowExfunction to create the dialog box. DialogBoxthen sends a WM_INITDIALOG message to the dialog box procedure. The function displays the dialog box (regardless of whether the template specifies the WS_VISIBLE style), disables the owner window, and starts its own message loop to retrieve and dispatch messages for the dialog box.

When the dialog box procedure calls the EndDialogfunction, DialogBoxdestroys the dialog box, ends the message loop, enables the owner window (if previously enabled), and returns the value of the nResultparameter specified by the dialog box procedure when it called EndDialog.

Windows CE does not support all styles in the DLGTEMPLATEstructure. This structure is in the template identified by the lpTemplateparameter .

Requirements

Runs on	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.0 and later	Winuser.h

Note This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.