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Quick Info
Windows NT
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| Win95
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| Win32s
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| Import Library
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| Header File
| winuser.h
| Unicode
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WM_USER
The WM_USER constant is used by applications to help define private messages.
WM_USER
Remarks
The WM_USER constant is used to distinguish between message values that are
reserved for use by Windows and values that can be used by an application to send
messages within a private window class. There are five ranges of message
numbers:
Range
| Meaning
| 0 through WM_USER  1
| Messages reserved for use by Windows.
| WM_USER through 0x7FFF
| Integer messages for use by private window classes.
| 0x8000 through 0xBFFF
| Messages reserved for future use by Windows.
| 0xC000 through 0xFFFF
| String messages for use by applications.
| Greater than 0xFFFF
| Reserved by Windows for future use.
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Message numbers in the first range (0 through WM_USER 1) are defined by Windows. Values in this range that are not explicitly
defined are reserved for future use by Windows.
Message numbers in the second range (WM_USER through 0x7FFF) can be defined
and used by an application to send messages within a private window class. These
values cannot be used to define messages that are meaningful throughout an
application, because some predefined window classes already define values in this
range. For example, predefined control classes such as BUTTON, EDIT, LISTBOX,
and COMBOBOX may use these values. Messages in this range should not be sent to
other applications unless the applications have been designed to exchange
messages and to attach the same meaning to the message numbers.
Message numbers in the third range (0x8000 through 0xBFFF) are reserved for
future use by Windows.
Message numbers in the fourth range (0xC000 through 0xFFFF) are defined at run
time when an application calls the RegisterWindowMessage function to retrieve a message number for a string. All applications that
register the same string can use the associated message number for exchanging
messages. The actual message number, however, is not a constant and cannot be
assumed to be the same between different Windows sessions.
Message numbers in the fifth range (greater than 0xFFFF) are reserved for
future use by Windows.
See Also
RegisterWindowMessage
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