Newbie MFC question about giving windows focus.

Ok, I've written a program that minimizes to the system tray, however, I want it to pop up a dialog box when it receives a WM_TIMER message. At the moment, it works just fine except for one thing. The dialog box only pops up if the program isn't minimized. I know the program created the dialog because I put a MessageBeep(0); in the OnInitDialog() function and I hear it go off, but no window pops up.

I tried using the SetActiveWindow() function but that didn't work. I think that only applies to the multiple windows that a single application can open.

Note: I want the application to stay minimized, just the one dialog box to pop up.

I'm also wondering if making the dialog modeless instead of modal might help.

try calling .ShowWindow() on the dialog if that doesn't work try modaless dialoguebox

------------------
So easy to use, no wonder it's number one!!!
Where do you want to go today?
Member of NT Jocks
Tesla coils are not weapons