Doesnt SendMessageA work anymore with MaxGUI?

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maverick69

(Posted 2009) [#1]

Does somebody know why the following code doesn't work anymore using the new Win32MaxGuiEx-Driver?

Usally it should make it possible to start dragging a window around.

ReleaseCapture()
SendMessageA(hWnd, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HTCAPTION, Null)

SebHoll

(Posted 2009) [#2]

MaxGUI.Win32MaxGUIEx is written using the Windows unicode API calls, so you'll need to use...

SendMessageW(hWnd, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HTCAPTION, Null)

...instead. The 'W' at the end stands for wide-char (two bytes per character), whereas 'A' means ANSI-char (one byte per character).

Brucey

(Posted 2009) [#3]

You may even be able to call SendMessage() ? (Well, from C++ you can - it chooses the correct version for you)

TaskMaster

(Posted 2009) [#4]

I think SebHoll meant you have to use:

SendMessageW(hWnd, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HTCAPTION, Null)

SebHoll

(Posted 2009) [#5]

I think SebHoll meant you have to use:

SendMessageW(hWnd, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HTCAPTION, Null)

Whooopsies! Serves me right for copy and pasting and forgetting to update... :P

Thanks TaskMaster - I've updated my original post...