WM_CHARTOITEM

Version 3.0

This message is sent by a list box with the LBS_WANTKEYBOARDINPUT style to its owner in response to a WM_CHAR message.

Parameter

Description,

 

wParam

Contains the value of the key which the user pressed.

 

lParam

Contains the current caret position in its high-order word and the window handle of the list box in its low-order word.

 

Return Value

The return value specifies the action which the application performed in response to the message. A return value of –2 indicates that the application handled all apsects of selecting the item and wants no further action by the list box. A return value of –1 indicates that the list box should perform the default action in response to the key stroke. A return value of zero or greater specifies the index of an item in the list box and indicates that the list box should perform the default action for the key stroke on the given item.