Seens there are "standard Microsoft Windows controls" and "common controls"

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Reading about WM_NOTIFY Message :
The standard Microsoft Windows controls (edit controls, combo boxes, list
boxes, buttons, scroll bars, and static controls) do not send WM_NOTIFY
messages. To determine if a common control will send a WM_NOTIFY message
and, if it will, which notification codes it will send, see the
documentation for the control.

Seems there are "standard Microsoft Windows controls" and "common controls"

Are they in different .DLL's?



Thanks
 
Academia said:
Reading about WM_NOTIFY Message :
The standard Microsoft Windows controls (edit controls, combo boxes, list
boxes, buttons, scroll bars, and static controls) do not send WM_NOTIFY
messages. To determine if a common control will send a WM_NOTIFY message
and, if it will, which notification codes it will send, see the
documentation for the control.

Seems there are "standard Microsoft Windows controls" and "common
controls"

Are they in different .DLL's?
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Yes. The standard controls are in user32.dll, while the common controls are
in comctl32.dll
 
Ben Voigt said:
Yes. The standard controls are in user32.dll, while the common controls
are in comctl32.dll
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That was true prior to Windows XP. However, if you use XP style themes, then
all controls are taken from the common control dll. I haven't done any
programming explicitly for Vista, but I am guessing that something similar
applies there too.
 
John Carson said:
That was true prior to Windows XP. However, if you use XP style themes,
then all controls are taken from the common control dll. I haven't done
any programming explicitly for Vista, but I am guessing that something
similar applies there too.
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A common mistake of experienced programmers who are new to Windows is to
apply common sense inappropriately. They must learn to apply Windows sense
instead.
 
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