FIX: Dismissing Splash Screen from Component Causes Assertion

RESOLUTION

1. Change the CWinApp derived class' PreTranslateMessage() from what is show in the "Cause" section of this article to the following:

      BOOL CMyApp::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg)
      {
       if (CSplashWnd::PreTranslateAppMessage(pMsg))
         return TRUE;
   
       return CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg);
      }
   						

2. Change the prototype and implementation of the CSplashWnd::PreTranslateAppMessage() function so that it returns a BOOL as follows:
   
   
   1. In the .h file, change the prototype so that it returns BOOL:

            BOOL PreTranslateAppMessage(MSG* pMsg);
      								

   2. In the .cpp file, change the implementation of this function from what is shown in the "Cause" section of this article to this:

            BOOL CSplashWnd::PreTranslateAppMessage(MSG* pMsg)
            {
              if (c_pSplashWnd == NULL)
                return FALSE;
      
              if (pMsg->message == WM_KEYDOWN ||
                  pMsg->message == WM_SYSKEYDOWN ||
                  pMsg->message == WM_LBUTTONDOWN ||
                  pMsg->message == WM_RBUTTONDOWN ||
                  pMsg->message == WM_MBUTTONDOWN ||
                  pMsg->message == WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN ||
                  pMsg->message == WM_NCRBUTTONDOWN ||
                  pMsg->message == WM_NCMBUTTONDOWN)
                  {
                    c_pSplashWnd->HideSplashScreen(); // this destroys the window
                    return TRUE;  // You don't want to call
                                  // CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage
                  }
              return FALSE;
            }