Office2007 Theme and MDI Child Windows

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   Hi,

I've currently experiencing a problem with with the Calendar control when using the Office2007 theme. (v11.2.0)

Basically, my app has a Main Frame and a child procedure (window) that displays the calendar etc.  If I call the window on the same Thread as the Main App Frame the Theme is applied correctly.  If I call the exact same child procedure, but initiate a new Thread when calling it, the Theme is ignored.

Has anybody got any ideas?

My development environment is a language called Clarion (v6.3).

Regards,

Andy Wilton

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AndyWilton Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 03 June 2008 Status: Offline Points: 82	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndyWilton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Office2007 Theme and MDI Child Windows Posted: 03 June 2008 at 12:37pm
	Hi, I've currently experiencing a problem with with the Calendar control when using the Office2007 theme. (v11.2.0) Basically, my app has a Main Frame and a child procedure (window) that displays the calendar etc. If I call the window on the same Thread as the Main App Frame the Theme is applied correctly. If I call the exact same child procedure, but initiate a new Thread when calling it, the Theme is ignored. Has anybody got any ideas? My development environment is a language called Clarion (v6.3). Regards, Andy Wilton

sserge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 01 December 2004 Status: Offline Points: 1297	Post Options Post Reply Quote sserge Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 July 2008 at 6:04pm
	Hi Andy, Calendar control doesn't really support working in multithread environment. It heavily depends on a flow of Win32 messages sent and received (draw messages, buttons and mouse notifications, etc). So far, I'd recommend you to run Calendar procedures in synchronized mode. In Clarion as far as I can see, the most proper way would be to use POST/EVENT functions for thread synchronization. If you'd like to update a Calendar's window from another thread, use POST method there; in the meantime catch this EVENT in Main thread, and call Calendar's refresh method, or theme change, or any other operation. I suppose this trick will make it working. -- WBR, Serge