1 Openwide is written in C using the Win32 API, so no Microsoft class
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2 libraries. I use C because there are some good free C compiler/IDEs and I
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3 haven't found the C++ ones as easy to use.
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5 To compile it, you'll probably want to use the PellesC free IDE.
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6 Some fiddling with the project files (.PPJ) may be required. These are
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7 essentially Makefiles, in any case.
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9 I used the Win32 API SetWindowsHookEx to set up a WH_CBT hook which watches for
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10 opening windows. When a window opens I check the title and window styles in
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11 order to determine whether it is an Open/Save dialog box. If it is (or rather,
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12 if my program THINKS it is), then I subclass the window procedure.
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14 In my subclassed window proc. I set a timer for a short duration, then pass
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15 control back to the original dialog proc. This allows the dialog to initialize
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16 itself, as I discovered that setting things immediately did not work. I then
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17 send the dialog appropriate messages to set up things the way we want them.
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19 This is the briefest possible introduction to the workings of the program!
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