Creating dialog window from DLL under Windows XP

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<span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height:normal Im trying to create a dialog box from a DLL. The window is created and everything works fine under Windows 7 (see Windows 7.jpg) <img alt="Windows 7.jpg" src="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/getfile/155907
<span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height:normal , but under Windows XP (see Windows XP.jpg)
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<span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height:normal dialog is not active and all controls as it shifted down.
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<pre class="prettyprint" style=" // Dialog.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "resource.h"
#include <strsafe.h>

HINSTANCE hInst;

BOOL CALLBACK MainDlgProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
void SD_OnCommand(HWND hwnd, int id, HWND hwndCtl, UINT codeNotify);
void SD_OnClose(HWND hwnd);

MY_DIALOGS_API int DialogShow()
{
DialogBox(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_DIALOG1), NULL, MainDlgProc);

return 0;
}

BOOL CALLBACK MainDlgProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(msg)
{
case WM_COMMAND:
SD_OnCommand(hwnd, (int)(LOWORD(wParam)), (HWND)(lParam), (UINT)HIWORD(wParam));
break;
case WM_CLOSE:
SD_OnClose(hwnd);
break;
}

return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
}

void SD_OnCommand(HWND hwnd, int id, HWND /*hwndCtl*/, UINT /*codeNotify*/)
{
switch(id)
{
case IDOK:
case IDCANCEL:
SendMessage(hwnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
break;
}
}

void SD_OnClose(HWND hwnd)
{
// DestroyWindow(hwnd);
EndDialog(hwnd, 0);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Dialog.h
#ifdef MY_DIALOGS_EXPORTS
#define MY_DIALOGS_API __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define MY_DIALOGS_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif

MY_DIALOGS_API int DialogShow();

extern HINSTANCE hInst;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// dllmain.cpp : Defines the entry point for the DLL application.
#include "stdafx.h"

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule,
DWORD ul_reason_for_call,
LPVOID lpReserved
)
{
switch (ul_reason_for_call)
{
case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
hInst = hModule;
break;
case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
break;
}
return TRUE;
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// stdafx.h : include file for standard system include files,
// or project specific include files that are used frequently, but
// are changed infrequently
//

#pragma once

#include "targetver.h"

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
// Windows Header Files:
#include <windows.h>

#include "InstallerDialogs.h"
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// stdafx.cpp : source file that includes just the standard includes
// InstallerDialogs.pch will be the pre-compiled header
// stdafx.obj will contain the pre-compiled type information

#include "stdafx.h"

// TODO: reference any additional headers you need in STDAFX.H
// and not in this file
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// targetver.h
#pragma once

// Including SDKDDKVer.h defines the highest available Windows platform.

// If you wish to build your application for a previous Windows platform, include WinSDKVer.h and
// set the _WIN32_WINNT macro to the platform you wish to support before including SDKDDKVer.h.

#include <SDKDDKVer.h>
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// resource.h
//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
// Used by InstallerDialogs.rc
//
#define IDD_DIALOG1 101

// Next default values for new objects
//
#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE 102
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE 40001
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE 1001
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE 101
#endif
#endif
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Dialogs.rc
// Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script.
//
#include "resource.h"

#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
//
#include "afxres.h"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Russian (Russia) resources

#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_RUS)
LANGUAGE LANG_RUSSIAN, SUBLANG_DEFAULT

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// TEXTINCLUDE
//

1 TEXTINCLUDE
BEGIN
"resource.h"
END

2 TEXTINCLUDE
BEGIN
"#include ""afxres.h""rn"
""
END

3 TEXTINCLUDE
BEGIN
"rn"
""
END

#endif // APSTUDIO_INVOKED


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Dialog
//

IDD_DIALOG1 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 316, 180
STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_FIXEDSYS | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Dialog"
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 400, 0, 0x1
BEGIN
DEFPUSHBUTTON "OK",IDOK,205,159,50,14
PUSHBUTTON "Cancel",IDCANCEL,259,159,50,14
END


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// DESIGNINFO
//

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
GUIDELINES DESIGNINFO
BEGIN
IDD_DIALOG1, DIALOG
BEGIN
LEFTMARGIN, 7
RIGHTMARGIN, 309
TOPMARGIN, 7
BOTTOMMARGIN, 173
END
END
#endif // APSTUDIO_INVOKED

#endif // Russian (Russia) resources
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////



#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
//


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#endif // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED

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