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Control Notification Messages

A control should send a notification message to its parent window to notify the parent about user input or changes to the control. The notification message is a WM_COMMAND message that includes a control identifier and a notification code identifying the nature of the event. A control identifier is a unique number the application uses to identify the control sending the message. The application sets the identifier for a control when it creates the control. The application specifies the identifier either in the hMenu parameter of the CreateWindowEx function or in the id member of the dialog box template (the DLGITEMTEMPATE structure).

Because the control does not set the control identifier, the control must retrieve the identifier before it can send notification messages. A control must use the GetDlgCtrlID function to retrieve its own control identifier. Although the control identifier is specified as the menu handle when the control is created, the GetMenu function cannot be used to retrieve the identifier. Alternatively, a control can retrieve the identifier from the hMenu member in the CREATESTRUCT structure while processing the WM_CREATE message.

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