API - SendMessageA

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MattVonFat (Posted 2004) [#1]

I've noticed alot of solution to things in BlitzPlus with text areas/fields etc are done with SendMessageA. I've had a look on the API reference but i couldnt find a list of the different messages that can be sent. Is there anywhere that lists these?

Red Ocktober (Posted 2004) [#2]

yep... they're all listed in the Appleman Visual Basic 5.0 Programmers Guide To Win32 API from page 1296 to page 1341... starting with WM_ACTIVATE and ending with WM_WININICHANGE... of course, this is an older publication of the reference, and i'm sure a lot has been added... --Mike

Eikon (Posted 2004) [#3]

Found these Public Const WM_NULL = &H0 Public Const WM_CREATE = &H1 Public Const WM_DESTROY = &H2 Public Const WM_MOVE = &H3 Public Const WM_SIZE = &H5 Public Const WM_ACTIVATE = &H6 Public Const WM_SETFOCUS = &H7 Public Const WM_KILLFOCUS = &H8 Public Const WM_ENABLE = &HA Public Const WM_SETREDRAW = &HB Public Const WM_SETTEXT = &HC Public Const WM_GETTEXT = &HD Public Const WM_GETTEXTLENGTH = &HE Public Const WM_PAINT = &HF Public Const WM_CLOSE = &H10 Public Const WM_QUERYENDSESSION = &H11 Public Const WM_QUIT = &H12 Public Const WM_QUERYOPEN = &H13 Public Const WM_ERASEBKGND = &H14 Public Const WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE = &H15 Public Const WM_ENDSESSION = &H16 Public Const WM_SHOWWINDOW = &H18 Public Const WM_CTLCOLOR = &H19 Public Const WM_WININICHANGE = &H1A Public Const WM_DEVMODECHANGE = &H1B Public Const WM_ACTIVATEAPP = &H1C Public Const WM_FONTCHANGE = &H1D Public Const WM_TIMECHANGE = &H1E Public Const WM_CANCELMODE = &H1F Public Const WM_SETCURSOR = &H20 Public Const WM_MOUSEACTIVATE = &H21 Public Const WM_CHILDACTIVATE = &H22 Public Const WM_QUEUESYNC = &H23 Public Const WM_GETMINMAXINFO = &H24 Public Const WM_PAINTICON = &H26 Public Const WM_ICONERASEBKGND = &H27 Public Const WM_NEXTDLGCTL = &H28 Public Const WM_SPOOLERSTATUS = &H2A Public Const WM_DRAWITEM = &H2B Public Const WM_MEASUREITEM = &H2C Public Const WM_DELETEITEM = &H2D Public Const WM_VKEYTOITEM = &H2E Public Const WM_CHARTOITEM = &H2F Public Const WM_SETFONT = &H30 Public Const WM_GETFONT = &H31 Public Const WM_QUERYDRAGICON = &H37 Public Const WM_COMPAREITEM = &H39 Public Const WM_COMPACTING = &H41 Public Const WM_NCCREATE = &H81 Public Const WM_NCDESTROY = &H82 Public Const WM_NCCALCSIZE = &H83 Public Const WM_NCHITTEST = &H84 Public Const WM_NCPAINT = &H85 Public Const WM_NCACTIVATE = &H86 Public Const WM_GETDLGCODE = &H87 Public Const WM_NCMOUSEMOVE = &HA0 Public Const WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN = &HA1 Public Const WM_NCLBUTTONUP = &HA2 Public Const WM_NCLBUTTONDBLCLK = &HA3 Public Const WM_NCRBUTTONDOWN = &HA4 Public Const WM_NCRBUTTONUP = &HA5 Public Const WM_NCRBUTTONDBLCLK = &HA6 Public Const WM_NCMBUTTONDOWN = &HA7 Public Const WM_NCMBUTTONUP = &HA8 Public Const WM_NCMBUTTONDBLCLK = &HA9 Public Const WM_KEYFIRST = &H100 Public Const WM_KEYDOWN = &H100 Public Const WM_KEYUP = &H101 Public Const WM_CHAR = &H102 Public Const WM_DEADCHAR = &H103 Public Const WM_SYSKEYDOWN = &H104 Public Const WM_SYSKEYUP = &H105 Public Const WM_SYSCHAR = &H106 Public Const WM_SYSDEADCHAR = &H107 Public Const WM_KEYLAST = &H108 Public Const WM_INITDIALOG = &H110 Public Const WM_COMMAND = &H111 Public Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112 Public Const WM_TIMER = &H113 Public Const WM_HSCROLL = &H114 Public Const WM_VSCROLL = &H115 Public Const WM_INITMENU = &H116 Public Const WM_INITMENUPOPUP = &H117 Public Const WM_MENUSELECT = &H11F Public Const WM_MENUCHAR = &H120 Public Const WM_ENTERIDLE = &H121 Public Const WM_MOUSEFIRST = &H200 Public Const WM_MOUSEMOVE = &H200 Public Const WM_LBUTTONDOWN = &H201 Public Const WM_LBUTTONUP = &H202 Public Const WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = &H203 Public Const WM_RBUTTONDOWN = &H204 Public Const WM_RBUTTONUP = &H205 Public Const WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK = &H206 Public Const WM_MBUTTONDOWN = &H207 Public Const WM_MBUTTONUP = &H208 Public Const WM_MBUTTONDBLCLK = &H209 Public Const WM_MOUSELAST = &H209 Public Const WM_PARENTNOTIFY = &H210 Public Const WM_MDICREATE = &H220 Public Const WM_MDIDESTROY = &H221 Public Const WM_MDIACTIVATE = &H222 Public Const WM_MDIRESTORE = &H223 Public Const WM_MDINEXT = &H224 Public Const WM_MDIMAXIMIZE = &H225 Public Const WM_MDITILE = &H226 Public Const WM_MDICASCADE = &H227 Public Const WM_MDIICONARRANGE = &H228 Public Const WM_MDIGETACTIVE = &H229 Public Const WM_MDISETMENU = &H230 Public Const WM_CUT = &H300 Public Const WM_COPY = &H301 Public Const WM_PASTE = &H302 Public Const WM_CLEAR = &H303 Public Const WM_UNDO = &H304 Public Const WM_RENDERFORMAT = &H305 Public Const WM_RENDERALLFORMATS = &H306 Public Const WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD = &H307 Public Const WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD = &H308 Public Const WM_PAINTCLIPBOARD = &H309 Public Const WM_VSCROLLCLIPBOARD = &H30A Public Const WM_SIZECLIPBOARD = &H30B Public Const WM_ASKCBFORMATNAME = &H30C Public Const WM_CHANGECBCHAIN = &H30D Public Const WM_HSCROLLCLIPBOARD = &H30E Public Const WM_QUERYNEWPALETTE = &H30F Public Const WM_PALETTEISCHANGING = &H310 Public Const WM_PALETTECHANGED = &H311

soja (Posted 2004) [#4]

They're all on msdn.microsoft.com, unfortunately they're not listed all together. They're broken up according to the type of message/notification, then listed under each respective category. You could try looking up WM_* in the index, but that would only get the Windows Messages -- whereas there are a whole bunch that start with TVM, LM, etc, for different controls and such. Check out BLESS (BLitz EventS System) at www.mintysoftware.com. Look at the include file Bless.bb -- it has most of them defined for use in Blitz, and they're all listed together.

Cold Harbour (Posted 2004) [#5]

Blimey! Bless looks interesting. Bless you Soja.

MattVonFat (Posted 2004) [#6]

Thanks for all the info!