Re: Message 36? WM_????

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From: CheckAbdoul (checkabdoul)
Date: 02/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:59:05 -0500

If you are debugging your application, type

        messageNo, wm

in the watch window to get the actual name of the message. For example

        131,wm = WM_NCCALCSIZE 

-- 
Cheers
Check Abdoul [VC++ MVP]
-----------------------------------
"Bonj" <a@b.com> wrote in message
news:eDR7xpW%23DHA.3220@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> OK, it gets 36 (getminmaxinfo), 129 (wm_nccreate), then 131, then
WM_CREATE
> (which is 1).
> What's 131?
>
>
>
> "Jeff Partch [MVP]" <jeffp@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OGZjKeW%23DHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > "Bonj" <a@b.com> wrote in message
> > news:OZRBLXW%23DHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Is it needed to be handled in a certain way, as it keeps firing before
> my
> > > WM_CREATE message? A couple of others aswell actually, WM_CREATE is
> about
> > > the fourth in the early stages of the newborn window's lifetime.
> >
> > Like most messages, DefWindowProc will do what it believes to be the
right
> > thing. If you don't want the default behavior, you can handle it. Here's
a
> > kb article...
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B67166
> >
> > -- 
> > Jeff Partch [VC++ MVP]
> >
> >
>
>

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