List of Articles for Win32 SDK User Programming Issues

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ARTICLE LISTING

ITEM ID  ARTICLE TITLE                                               PAGES

Q 10841  Using Extra Fields in Window Class Structure                    1
Q 11337  PRB: Dialog Box and Parent Window Disabled                      1
Q 11365  Creating a List Box Without a Scroll Bar                        1
Q 11570  Translating Client Coordinates to Screen Coordinates            1
Q 11590  Windows Dialog-Box Style DS_ABSALIGN                            1

Q 11606  Use of Allocations w/ cbClsExtra & cbWndExtra in Windows        1
Q 11619  Panning and Scrolling in Windows                                1
Q 11654  Clipboard Memory Sharing in Windows                             1
Q 12118  Customizing a Pop-Up Menu                                       1
Q 12190  Placing a Caret After Edit-Control Text                         1

Q 12273  Using SendMessage() As Opposed to SendDlgItemMessage()          1
Q 19963  BeginPaint() Invalid Rectangle in Client Coordinates            1
Q 20011  Length of STRINGTABLE Resources                                 1
Q 24252  SetClipboardData() and CF_PRIVATEFIRST                          1
Q 24646  Captions for Dialog List Boxes                                  1

Q 26234  PRB: Windows REQUEST Function Not Working With Excel            1
Q 29961  Location of the Cursor in a List Box                            1
Q 31073  CS_SAVEBITS Class Style Bit                                     1
Q 31668  The Clipboard and the WM_RENDERFORMAT Message                   1
Q 32519  Using SetClassLong Function to Subclass a Window Class          1

Q 32785  Placing Text in an Edit Control                                 1
Q 33161  Using the GetWindow() Function                                  1
Q 33690  PRB: Cannot Alter Messages with WH_KEYBOARD Hook                1
Q 34611  Allocating and Using Class and Window Extra Bytes               2
Q 35100  Method for Sending Text to the Clipboard                        3

Q 35605  GetInputState Is Faster Than GetMessage or PeekMessage          1
Q 35930  Detecting Keystrokes While a Menu Is Pulled Down                1
Q 38901  Case Sensitivity in Atoms                                       1
Q 39480  Graying the Text of a Button or Static Text Control             1
Q 40669  Posting Frequent Messages Within an Application                 2

Q 43596  GetClientRect() Coordinates Are Not Inclusive                   1
Q 45702  GetCurrentTime and GetTickCount Functions Identical             1
Q 45714  How To Pass Numbers to a Named Range in Excel through DDE       1
Q 47674  Placing Double Quotation Mark Symbol in a Resource String       1
Q 57808  SizeofResource() Rounds to Alignment Size                       1

Q 57959  Switching Between Single and Multiple List Boxes                1
Q 61980  MAKEINTATOM() Does Not Return a Valid LPSTR                     2
Q 62068  How to Ignore WM_MOUSEACTIVATE Message for an MDI Window        1
Q 64296  Broadcasting Messages Using PostMessage() & SendMessage()       1
Q 64327  Owner-Draw: Overview and Sources of Information                 2

Q 64504  Multicolumn List Boxes in Microsoft Windows                     1
Q 64758  Showing the Beginning of an Edit Control after EM_SETSEL        1
Q 65256  Changing How Pop-Up Menus Respond to Mouse Actions              2
Q 65257  Reasons Why RegisterClass() and CreateWindow() Fail             2
Q 65881  The Parts of a Windows Combo Box and How They Relate            1

Q 65882  WindowFromPoint() Caveats                                       2
Q 65883  Action of Static Text Controls with Mnemonics                   2
Q 66244  How to Keep a Window Iconic                                     1
Q 66365  Processing CBN_SELCHANGE Notification Message                   1
Q 66479  Preventing Screen Flash During List Box Multiple Update         1

Q 66668  Multiline Edit Control Does Not Show First Line                 1
Q 66943  Determining the Topmost Pop-Up Window                           1
Q 66944  Efficiency of Using SendMessage Versus SendDlgItemMessage       1
Q 66946  Disabling the Mnemonic on a Disabled Static Text Control        1
Q 66947  Removing Focus from a Control When Mouse Released Outside       2

Q 67166  Process WM_GETMINMAXINFO to Constrain Window Size               1
Q 67210  Creating a Multiple Line Message Box                            1
Q 67248  Using UnregisterClass When Removing Custom Control Class        1
Q 67293  Some CTRL Accelerator Keys Conflict with Edit Controls          3
Q 67655  Changing/Setting the Default Push Button in a Dialog Box        1

Q 67688  Retrieving Handles to Menus and Submenus                        1
Q 67715  Owner-Draw Buttons with Bitmaps on Non-Standard Displays        1
Q 67716  Assigning Mnemonics to Owner-Draw Push Buttons                  1
Q 67722  Multiline Edit Control Wraps Text Different than DrawText       2
Q 68115  Creating a List Box with No Vertical Scroll Bar                 1

Q 68116  Creating a List Box That Does Not Sort                          1
Q 68566  Default/Private Dialog Classes, Procedures, DefDlgProc          3
Q 68572  Caret Position & Line Numbers in Multiline Edit Controls        2
Q 68580  Changing a List Box from Single-Column to Multicolumn           1
Q 68583  Cases Where "Normal" Window Position, Size Not Available        1

Q 68586  How to Simulate Changing the Font in a Message Box              2
Q 69752  Using Quoted Strings with Profile String Functions              1

Q 69969  Top-Level Menu Items in Owner-Draw Menus                        1
Q 70079  Use MoveWindow to Move an Iconic MDI Child and Its Title        1

Q 70080  Creating a Hidden MDI Child Window                              1
Q 71223  Custom Controls Must Use CS_DBLCLKS with Dialog Editor          1
Q 71450  Using One IsDialogMessage() Call for Many Modeless Dialogs      2
Q 71454  Various Ways to Access Submenus and Menu Items                  2
Q 71759  Determining Selected Items in a Multiselection List Box         1

Q 71836  Menu Operations When MDI Child Maximized                        1
Q 72136  Using a Modeless Dialog Box with No Dialog Function             1
Q 72552  WM_CHARTOITEM Messages Not Received by Parent of List Box       1
Q 74041  Windows Does Not Support Nested MDI Client Windows              1
Q 74042  How to Use PeekMessage() Correctly in Windows                   3

Q 74266  Default Edit Control Entry Validation Done by Windows           1
Q 74274  WM_SIZECLIPBOARD Must Be Sent by Clipboard Viewer App           1
Q 74277  Dangers of Uninitialized Data Structures                        1
Q 74280  Translating Dialog-Box Size Units to Screen Units               1
Q 74297  Button and Static Control Styles Are Not Inclusive              1

Q 74334  Dialog Box Frame Styles                                         1
Q 74345  Associating Data with a List Box Entry                          2
Q 74366  PRB: Applications Cannot Change the Desktop Bitmap              1
Q 74444  Clearing a Message Box                                          1
Q 74476  Some Basic Concepts of a Message-Passing Architecture           3

Q 74514  Creating and Using a Custom Caret                               2
Q 74547  Importance of Calling DefHookProc()                             1
Q 74548  Handling WM_CANCELMODE in a Custom Control                      1
Q 74607  Creating a Nonblinking Caret                                    1
Q 74609  Using Private Templates with Common Dialogs                     1

Q 74610  Common Dialog Boxes and the WM_INITDIALOG Message               1
Q 74612  Open File Dialog Box -- Pros and Cons                           2
Q 74737  Changing the Font Used by Dialog Controls in Windows            2
Q 74789  PRB: MDI Program Menu Items Changed Unexpectedly                1
Q 74792  Making a List Box Item Unavailable for Selection                4

Q 74798  Centering a Dialog Box on the Screen                            1
Q 74857  Avoid Calling SendMessage() Inside a Hook Filter Function       1
Q 74888  Specifying Time to Display and Remove a Dialog Box              1
Q 75236  Determining Visible Window Area When Windows Overlap            1
Q 75254  PRB: TrackPopupMenu() on LoadMenuIndirect() Menu Causes UAE     1

Q 75630  Initializing Menus Dynamically                                  1
Q 76365  PRB: Moving or Resizing the Parent of an Open Combo Box         1
Q 76947  Extending Standard Windows Controls Through Superclassing       2
Q 77550  Differentiating Between the Two ENTER Keys                      1
Q 77750  Placing Captions on Control Windows                             1

Q 77842  WM_DDE_EXECUTE Message Must Be Posted to a Window               1
Q 77843  Fractional Point Sizes Not Supported in ChooseFont()            1
Q 77991  Using a Fixed-Pitch Font in a Dialog Box                        1
Q 78241  Limiting the Number of Entries in a List Box                    1
Q 78952  Determining the Number of Visible Items in a List Box           1

Q 79981  Overlapping Controls Are Not Supported by Windows               1
Q 80382  Global Classes in Win32                                         1
Q 81137  How to Create a Topmost Window                                  1
Q 82078  Combo Box w/Edit Control & Owner-Draw Style Incompatible        1
Q 82171  Managing Per-Window Accelerator Tables                          2

Q 82299  Changing the Controls in a Common Dialog Box                    1
Q 83366  Value Returned by GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_STYLE)                3
Q 83413  Freeing Memory in a DDEML Server Application                    1
Q 83453  Querying and Modifying the States of System Menu Items          1
Q 83808  Multiple References to the Same Resource                        1

Q 83912  Freeing Memory for Transactions in a DDEML Client App           2
Q 83999  PRB: GP Fault in DDEML from XTYP_EXECUTE Timeout Value          2
Q 84054  Controlling the Caret Color                                     2
Q 84190  Window Owners and Parents                                       2
Q 84843  PRB: IsCharAlpha Return Value Different Between Versions        1

Q 85680  Application Can Allocate Memory with DdeCreateDataHandle        2
Q 86268  Call the Windows Help Search Dialog Box from Application        1
Q 86331  Retrieving the Text Color from the Font Common Dialog Box       2
Q 86429  PRB: Successful LoadResource of Metafile Yields Random Data     1
Q 86720  Adding a Custom Template to a Common Dialog Box                 2

Q 86721  Adding a Hook Function to a Common Dialog Box                   2
Q 86724  Using Drag-Drop in an Edit Control or a Combo Box               2
Q 86835  Defining Private Messages for Application Use                   1
Q 87344  Using the DS_SETFONT Dialog Box Style                           1
Q 87345  Using the DeferWindowPos Family of Functions                    1

Q 88358  Using DWL_USER to Access Extra Bytes in a Dialog Box            1
Q 88387  Determining the Visible Area of a Multiline Edit Control        1
Q 89544  PRB: Printer Font too Small with ChooseFont() Common Dialog     1
Q 89712  Multiline Edit Control Limits in Windows NT                     1
Q 89739  Reasons for Failure of Menu Functions                           3

Q 89828  Do Not Forward DDEML Messages from a Hook Procedure             2
Q 89866  Writing Multiple-Language Resources                             1
Q 90912  Getting the WinMain() lpCmdLine in Unicode                      1
Q 90975  Creating Windows in a Multithreaded Application                 1
Q 92526  Transparent Windows                                             1
Q 92527  Accessing Parent Window's Menu from Child Window w/ focus       1
Q 92530  Reasons for Failure of Clipboard Functions                      3
Q 92626  Implementing a Line-Based Interface for Edit Controls           2
Q 92659  PRB: SetWindowsHookEx() Fails to Install Task-Specific Filter   1

Q 94091  DDEML Application-Instance IDs Are Thread Local                 1
Q 94149  Freeing PackDDElParam() Memory                                  1
Q 94917  Uniqueness Values in User and GDI Handles                       1
Q 94953  Instance-Specific String Handles (HSZs) in DDEML                2
Q 94955  DDE Error Message: Application Using DDE Did Not Respond        1

Q 95000  SendMessage() in a Multithreaded Environment                    1
Q 95982  PRB: DDEML with Excel Error: Remote Data Not Accessible         1
Q 95983  Establishing Advise Loop on Same topic!item!format! Name        3
Q 96006  Window Message Priorities                                       1
Q 96134  PRB: TAB Key, Mnemonics with FindText and ReplaceText Dialogs   1

Q 96135  PRB: FindText, ReplaceText Hook Function                        1
Q 96479  Message Retrieval in a DLL                                      2

Q 97922  LB_GETCARETINDEX Returns 0 for Zero Entries in List Box         1
Q 97925  SetActiveWindow() and SetForegroundWindow() Clarification       1

Q 98486  How to Stop a Journal Playback                                  2
Q 99046  How to Draw a Custom Window Caption                             3
Q 99047  Using GetUpdateRgn()                                            1
Q 99338  PRB: Error with GetOpenFileName() and OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT      1
Q 99339  DlgDirList on Novell Drive Doesn't Show Double Dots [..]        1

Q 99359  UNICODE and _UNICODE Needed to Compile for Unicode              1
Q 99392  Using SetThreadLocale() for Language Resources                  1

Q 99668  Adding Point Sizes to the ChooseFont() Common Dialog Box        2

Q 99799  PRB: Pressing the ENTER Key in an MDI Application               2
Q 99800  Adding to or Removing Windows from the Task List                1
Q 99806  Mirroring Main Menu with TrackPopupMenu()                       2
Q 100488 System Versus User Locale Identifiers                           1

Q 102428 Debugging a System-Wide Hook                                    1
Q 102482 SetTimer() Should Not Be Used in Console Applications           1
Q 102485 The SBS_SIZEBOX Style                                           1

Q 102571 Calling DdePostAdvise() from XTYP_ADVREQ                        2

Q 102574 XTYP_EXECUTE and its Return Value Limitations                   2
Q 102576 PRB: DDEML Fails to Call TranslateMessage() in its Modal Loop   2
Q 102584 Returning CBR_BLOCK from DDEML Transactions                     3
Q 102588 Nonzero Return from SendMsg() with HWND_BROADCAST               1
Q 102589 Using ENTER Key from Edit Controls in a Dialog Box              4

Q 102765 Clarification of the "Country" Setting                          1
Q 103315 Explanation of the NEWCPLINFO Structure                         1
Q 103644 Differences Between hInstance on Win 3.1 and Windows NT         2
Q 103977 Unicode Implementation in Windows NT 3.1 and 3.5                1
Q 104011 Propagating Environment Variables to the System                 1

Q 104069 SetParent and Control Notifications                             1
Q 104311 32-Bit Scroll Ranges                                            1
Q 104316 How Keyboard Data Gets Translated                               1
Q 105300 COMCTL32 APIs Unsupported in the Win32 SDK                      1
Q 105446 Win32 Shell Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Interface               2

Q 105530 Win32 Drag and Drop Server                                      1
Q 106079 PRB: CBT_CREATEWND Struct Returns Invalid Class Name            3
Q 106385 Identifying a Previous Instance of an Application               1
Q 106386 Retrieving DIBs from the Clipboard                              1
Q 106716 Using SendMessageTimeout() in a Multithreaded Application       2

Q 106717 Journal Hooks and Compatibility                                 1

Q 107980 PRB: Excel's =REQUEST() from DDEML Application Returns #N/A     2
Q 108232 Hooking Console Applications and the Desktop                    1
Q 108233 PRB: GetOpenFileName() and Spaces in Long Filenames             1

Q 108315 How to Keep an MDI Window Always on Top                         2
Q 108925 DdeInitialize(), DdeNameService(), APPCMD_FILTERINITS           1
Q 108927 Hot Versus Warm Links in a DDEML Server Application             2
Q 108936 Using a Dialog Box as the Main Window of an Application         2
Q 108938 Windows WM_SYSTIMER Message Is an Undocumented Message          1

Q 108940 Text Alignment in Single Line Edit Controls                     1
Q 108941 Using the WM_VKEYTOITEM Message Correctly                       1
Q 109550 Programatically Appending Text to an Edit Control               2
Q 109551 Providing a Custom Wordbreak Function in Edit Controls          3
Q 109696 How to Update the List of Files in the Common Dialogs           2

Q 110704 Replacing Windows NT Control Panel's Mouse Applet               1
Q 114612 Getting a Dialog to Use an Icon When Minimized                  2
Q 118624 Using GetForegroundWindow() When Desktop Is Not Active          1
Q 121541 How to Override Full Drag                                       1
Q 121623 How to Program Keyboard Interface for Owner-Draw Menus          2

Q 124835 PRB: JournalPlayback Hook Can Cause Windows NT to Hang          3
Q 125614 PRB: Can't Disable CTRL+ESC and ALT+TAB Under Windows NT        1
Q 125628 PRB: Listview Comes Up with No Images                           1
Q 125629 How to Overlay Images Using Image List Controls                 2
Q 125669 How to Create Non-rectangular Windows                           1

Q 125670 How to Implement Context-Sensitive Help in Windows 95 Dialogs   2
Q 125672 Using the Windows 95 Common Controls on Windows NT and Win32s   1
Q 125673 New Windows 95 Styles Make Attaching Bitmap to Button Easier    2
Q 125674 Calling a New 32-bit API from a 16-bit Application              1
Q 125675 How to Right-Justify Menu Items in Windows 95                   2

Q 125676 New User Heap Limits Under Windows 95                           1
Q 125678 New Dialog Styles in Windows 95                                 1
Q 125679 New Window Styles in Windows 95                                 2
Q 125680 How to Subclass a Window in Windows 95                          2
Q 125681 How to Calculate Dialog Base Units with Non-System-Based Font   2

Q 125682 How to Use the Small Icon in Windows 95                         1

Q 125687 PRB: Inter-thread SetWindowText() Fails to Update Window Text   1
Q 125694 How to Find Out Which Listview Column Was Right-Clicked         2

Q 125695 SystemParametersInfo() Add-On Gets or Sets System Parameters    1
Q 125703 Windows 95 Support for Network DDE                              1
Q 125705 Application Version Marking in Windows 95                       2
Q 125706 Customizing the FileOpen Common Dialog in Windows 95            2
Q 125752 How to Increase Windows NT System and Desktop Heap Sizes        1

Q 126625 How to Change the International Settings Programmatically       1
Q 126630 Resource Sections are Read-only                                 1
Q 127066 Advanced Graphics Settings Slider under Windows 95              1
Q 127190 How to Toggle the NUM LOCK, CAPS LOCK, and SCROLL LOCK Keys     1
Q 127861 Network DDE For 16-bit Windows-based Apps Under Windows NT      1

Q 128110 PRB: CBS_SIMPLE ComboBox Repainting Problem                     2
Q 128125 Trusted DDE Shares                                              2
Q 128558 Rich Edit Control Does Not Support Unicode                      1
Q 129595 WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE Must Be Sent to Windows 95 Common Controls    1
Q 129859 Using Text Bullets in a Rich Edit Control                       1

Q 129860 Using Built-In Printing Features from a Rich Edit Control       3

Q 130693 How to Use CTL3D Under the Windows 95 Operating System          1

Q 130759 EM_SETHANDLE and EM_GETHANDLE Messages Not Supported            1

Q 130761 Using FileOpen Common Dialog w/ OFN_ALLOWMULTIPLESELECT Style   1
Q 130762 How to Use DWL_MSGRESULT in Property Sheets & Wizard Controls   1
Q 130763 How to Create 3D Controls in Client Area of Non-Dialog Window   1
Q 130764 How to Obtain Fonts, ToolTips, and Other Non-Client Metrics     1

Q 130765 PRB: Property Sheet w/ Multiline Edit Control Ignores ESC Key   2
Q 130951 PRB: Private Button Class Can't Get BM_SETSTYLE in Windows 95   1
Q 130952 WM_CTLCOLORxxx Message Changes for Windows 95                   1
Q 131025 PRB: NetDDE Fails to Connect Under Windows 95                   1
Q 131225 PRB: CFileDialog::DoModal() Does Not Display FileOpen Dialog    1

Q 131259 How to Detect Slow CPU & Unaccelerated Video Under Windows 95   1
Q 131278 Using cChildren Member of TV_ITEM to Add Speed & Use Less RAM   3
Q 131279 PRB: SelectObject() Fails After ImageList_GetImageInfo()        1
Q 131280 PRB: LoadCursor() Fails on IDC_SIZE/IDC_ICON                    1

Q 131282 How to Display Old-Style FileOpen Common Dialog in Windows 95   1
Q 131283 PRB: Can't Use TAB to Move from Standard Controls to Custom     1
Q 131284 How to Select a Listview Item Programmatically in Windows 95    2
Q 131285 How to Use LVIF_DI_SETITEM on an LVN_GETDISPINFO Notification   2
Q 131286 PRB: LB_DIR with Long Filenames Returns LB_ERR in Windows 95    2

Q 131287 Treeviews Share Image Lists by Default                          1
Q 131288 PRB: RegisterClass()/ClassEx() Fails If cbWndExtra > 40 Bytes   1
Q 131381 PRB: RichEdit Control Hides Mouse Pointer (Cursor)              1
Q 131462 How to Handle FNERR_BUFFERTOOSMALL in Windows 95                3
Q 131500 How to Obtain Icon Information from an .EXE in Windows 95       2

Q 131845 How to Modify the Width of the Drop Down List in a Combo Box    3

Keywords          : UsrMisc kbcode kbref kbtlc
Version           : 3.10 3.50 3.51 | 4.00
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbref
Solution Type     : Info_Provided