Message hander (what all the message values mean)

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Brian Henry

is there a way to find out what all the message values mean that pass
through this?
Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message)

I want to work some with learning the message hander, but it's hard to when
you dont know what all the message values mean. Is there a database or place
that has them all listed? thanks!
 
Brian Henry said:
is there a way to find out what all the message values mean that
pass through this?
Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message)

I want to work some with learning the message hander, but it's hard
to when you dont know what all the message values mean. Is there a
database or place that has them all listed? thanks!
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In addition to the other answer: Press <F1> and study the MSDN library (the
"bible" for Win developers). It is arranged according to the subject and you
usually will find the topics "about", "using" and "reference" topics for (or
on?) each subject. The reference contains a list of the messages belonging
to the subject. If you have already the message name, enter it in the help
index to find it fast.
 
* "emailallrise said:
Well I guess you'll have to use the old win32api.txt file that came with
vb6.
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This file doesn't include "descriptions" of the values, but it is useful
to get the values of the constants.
 
I was kind of more of looking for descriptions :) I have old old very thick
VC++ books that have the old api stuff for all the Win32 messages... duno
what's been added though, thats what i was more interested in...
 
* "Brian Henry said:
I was kind of more of looking for descriptions :) I have old old very thick
VC++ books that have the old api stuff for all the Win32 messages... duno
what's been added though, thats what i was more interested in...
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If you have the name of the message, for example 'WM_SETREDRAW', search
for it in the MSDN library/platform sdk documentation. You will find an
explanation there.
 
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