Restricting input to a window

[Clark]

Sometimes I just have no idea how to even start to get something to work.

Ok, so I have a main form, which I create with GUICreate. On this form there is a button, which pops up another window which has some radio buttons on it (for setting filters on the main form). I create this popup window using

$frmFilter = GUICreate("Filter", 444, 283,-1,-1,BitOR($WS_BORDER,$WS_POPUP)) This form also has on it (apart from the radio buttons) two buttons, "cancel" and "apply"

Now, I would like for the user to not be able to click outside this window and only be able to exit this form using the cancel and apply buttons. It should not preclude them clicking outside for other programmes, but prevent them clicking in the main form which is in the background.

Is there a simple way to do this? Or do I need to somehow build it into the main loop logic? Or perhaps track mouse movements?

I've looked at the Styles and Extended Styles, but none of them seems to do this in a way that is obvious to me, without trying each of them in turn with combinations.

I have searched for an answer in the forums, however, it is hard to know what to search for when I don't know what I am looking for.

TIA

Clark

[BrewManNH]

Use WinSetState("WindowTitleHere", "", @SW_DISABLE), then the GUI is disabled and even if they do click on it, it won't do anything. Or you could just use GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $GUIHandle) to hide the window until you're done with the options window.

[funkey]

_MouseTrap()

But I don't think this is the right way!

[AZJIO]

Pass as a parameter a handle to the parent window

GUICreate($LngAbout, 220, 330, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_CAPTION, $WS_SYSMENU, $WS_POPUP), -1, $hGui)

http://pastebin.com/fWcPjjfP

Edited March 21, 2013 by AZJIO

[Clark]

Thank you people,

Those suggestions work fine for me.

I didn't realise that using WinSetState would give such a better result for me than GUICtrlSetState, which I tried but was not useful.

[PhoenixXL]

It should be GUISetState not GUICtrlSetState

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$hParent = GUICreate(@ScriptName)
GUISetState()
GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE)
;Your Controls...


$hChild = GUICreate("Child", 50, 50, -1, -1, -1, -1, $hParent)
GUISetState()

Do
Sleep(10)
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

Regards