Close TaskDialog or Hide Buttons

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   I'm really desperate for a way to either:

A) Close the TaskDialog menu without clicking a button, or
B) Hide a button on the TaskDialog so I can close it with ClickButton (but the user cannot see it or click it).

The reason for this is that I have a marquee style progress bar moving with a separate thread doing background processing. The user has the option to click the Cancel button, but I would also like the ability to close the TaskDialog in code when the thread is finished processing (without clicking the Cancel button in code). 

Any chance at all of either (or both) of these in the next release?

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jpbro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1354	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpbro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Close TaskDialog or Hide Buttons Posted: 30 March 2009 at 11:29pm
	I'm really desperate for a way to either: A) Close the TaskDialog menu without clicking a button, or B) Hide a button on the TaskDialog so I can close it with ClickButton (but the user cannot see it or click it). The reason for this is that I have a marquee style progress bar moving with a separate thread doing background processing. The user has the option to click the Cancel button, but I would also like the ability to close the TaskDialog in code when the thread is finished processing (without clicking the Cancel button in code). Any chance at all of either (or both) of these in the next release?
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6 Platform: Windows XP - SP3 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 March 2009 at 2:54am
	Hi, Why you can't call TaskDialog1.ClickButton xtpTaskButtonCancel and set some flag variable that you close it manually? :) But anyway you are right, we need some Close method.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

jpbro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1354	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpbro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 March 2009 at 9:14am
	You're right that I could do it this way (and I may have to for now). I was hoping to avoid this, because I am already tracking a somewhat complex state machine in the TaskDialog timer event, and adding extra variables would just add to the code complication...
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6 Platform: Windows XP - SP3 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

jpbro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1354	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpbro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 March 2009 at 6:17pm
	Hi Oleg, Sorry for being a pest, but is there any chance this feature (close TaskDialog) could make it into an early build (or at least the next release)?
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6 Platform: Windows XP - SP3 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

jpbro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1354	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpbro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 July 2009 at 10:36am
	Hi Oleg, I'm back to this one as I've found I need the ability to close the TaskDialog by code without showing a button again. Any chance of this? Or could you expose the Hwnd and maybe SendMessage(WM_CLOSE) or CloseWindow would work? Thanks.
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6 Platform: Windows XP - SP3 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

jpbro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1354	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpbro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 July 2009 at 1:50pm
	Ok, I've been able to get the Hwnd of the dialog by calling FindWindow in the Constructed event. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to close it. I've tried: SendMessage(WM_CLOSE) <this get consumed because I also need AllowCancellation = False DestroyWindow() <Dialog disappears, but does not release itself so the app gets stuck. Any ideas what I could call to close the window now that I have the hwnd? Thanks.
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6 Platform: Windows XP - SP3 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

jpbro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1354	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpbro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 July 2009 at 1:56pm
	Got it...If I set .AllowCancellation = True immediately before I call SendMessage(WM_CLOSE), then I can close the window.
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6 Platform: Windows XP - SP3 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

jpbro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1354	Post Options Post Reply Quote jpbro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 July 2009 at 6:13pm
	I think I've solved most of the problems that I was having. If anyone else is interested, then here's some demo code: https://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14843
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6 Platform: Windows XP - SP3 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6