Codejock Developer Community : Themed dialog caption disappears http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:26:54 +0000 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:57:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10639 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[Themed dialog caption disappears : In my opinion sophisticated anti-cracking...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35349&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35349 Author: znakeeye
Subject: 10639
Posted: 17 May 2008 at 4:57am

In my opinion sophisticated anti-cracking software is a waste of money.
1) You need to install as a privileged user, which is disencouraged by Microsoft since UAC in Vista.
2) The code gets bloated and you can end up with HARD crashes that simply reboots your computer.
3) No matter what, a skilled cracker breaks the protection within a couple of hours.
]]> Sat, 17 May 2008 04:57:35 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35349&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35349 <![CDATA[Themed dialog caption disappears : Hi, Yes, SkinFramework needs...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35323&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35323 Author: Oleg
Subject: 10639
Posted: 16 May 2008 at 2:45pm

Hi,

Yes, SkinFramework needs import table to hook API calls. :-(
]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 14:45:51 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35323&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35323 <![CDATA[Themed dialog caption disappears : Why would that help? I do not...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35297&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35297 Author: JerryEvans
Subject: 10639
Posted: 16 May 2008 at 5:41am

Why would that help? I do not have a window handle at that point and therefore would not be able to call RedrawWindow() to ensure caption changes etc.

I think I have identified the problem. The skin framework works by hooking API calls. The release version of Riffster is processed by some anti-cracking software which patches the import table etc to make reverse engineering more difficult. I rather suspect this is the problem. I am going to put some tracer code into the hooking sections and see where it is failing.
]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 05:41:06 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35297&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35297 <![CDATA[Themed dialog caption disappears : Hi, Move it to constructor of...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35283&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35283 Author: Oleg
Subject: 10639
Posted: 16 May 2008 at 1:38am

Hi,

Move it to constructor of Dialog.
]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 01:38:00 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35283&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35283 <![CDATA[Themed dialog caption disappears : HiI&#039;ve got a weird problem...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10639&PID=35251&title=themed-dialog-caption-disappears#35251 Author: JerryEvans
Subject: 10639
Posted: 15 May 2008 at 12:46pm

Hi

I've got a weird problem with the skins in a dialog application. By default it is set to use the Vista skin - when it runs first time I see this effect:

Ignoring the fact no skin is loaded, you can see that the caption bar is not being painted at all. What worse is that if focus returns to the app the caption appears for a second or two and then disappears.

I am only calling these XTP functions during OnInitDialog().

1. XTPSkinManager()->ApplyWindow(m_hWnd);
2. XTPSkinManager()->LoadSkin("path to skin file");
3. RedrawWindow(NULL,NULL,RDW_FRAME|RDW_INVALIDATE|RDW_UPDATENOW|RDW_ERASE|RDW_ALLCHILDREN);

Does the skin manager get confused if the dialog is resized/repositioned?

Any ideas? I am uncomfortably close to a release and I need to be certain this is all going to work correctly.

Thanks.

Jerry


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