This message informs the parent window of a control that an event has occurred in the control or that the control requires some kind of information. Sent by a common control to its parent window when an event has occurred in the control or the control requires some kind of information.
At a Glance
| Header file: | Winuser.h |
| Windows CE versions: | 1.0 and later |
Syntax
WM_NOTIFY idCtrl = (int) wParam; pnmh = (LPNMHDR) lParam;
Parameters
idCtrl
Identifier of the common control sending the message. This identifier is not guaranteed to be unique. An application should use the hwndFrom or idFrom member of the NMHDR structure (passed as the lParam parameter) to identify the control.
pnmh
Pointer to an NMHDR structure that contains the notification code and additional information. For some notification messages, this parameter points to a larger structure that has the NMHDR structure as its first member.
Return Values
The return value is ignored with the exception of notification messages that specify otherwise.
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