The usage of those calls made assumptions about processes and window parentage that are no longer the case with the Notes 8.x Standard Client.

HCL Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum (includes Notes Traveler)

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In investigating the referenced SPR we had found that the usage of those APIs did not supply the expected hWnd (to the Windows API), and as such, the API did not work.

Microsoft documents the API here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms648002(VS.85).aspx

In the documentation, the hWnd is specified as needing to be from the application. Strictly speaking, this means that the hWnd needs to be from the same process (NLNOTES.EXE), and GetActiveWindow will obtain an hWnd from the Notes2.EXE process.

GetActiveWindow from user32.dll This is the problem. In Notes 8 Standard, this will get the top-level window in the Notes2 process. GetFocus should be used instead and supplied to TrackPopupMenuEx

TrackPopupMenuEx from user32.dll This API will fail when the window supplied is from a different process than NLNOTES.EXE By supplying GetActiveWindow to this API, the Windows API call will fail

Doug Conmy
Lotus Notes Lead Architect

Feedback response number DCOY7XQ3KX created by ~Dan Elwezenynds on 11/12/2009