Re: wndProc()

From:
Alex Blekhman <xfkt@oohay.moc>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:06:55 +0300
Message-ID:
<OmMS9FKvHHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
Ali wrote:

[...] Correct return value of window
procedure depends on the message being processed. If you
don't want to handle a message, then call `DefWindowProc'
function.


No Offense, but Alex i don't get it!
WinProc is something overriding the procedure , right? so returning
'0' should be fine so that another caller in the row would be doing
the interested stuff (DefWindowProc).


There is no another caller to call `DefWindowProc'. You need
to call it if you want default behavior. Basically,
`DispatchMessage' function could be outlined like this:

LRESULT DispatchMessage(const MSG *lpmsg)
{
     ...

     WNDPROC pfn = (WNDPROC)GetWindowLongPtr(
         lpmsg->hwnd, GWLP_WNDPROC);

     return CallWindowProc(pfn, lpmsg->hwnd,
         lpmsg->message, lpmsg->wParam, lpmsg->lParam);
}

That's all. You can find correct return value for window
procedure in documentation for each window message. Also,
here's some interesting reading:

"No, really, you need to pass all unhandled messages to
DefWindowProc"
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/04/25/583093.aspx

Alex

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