Functions
MessageBoxW
Creates, displays, and operates a message box.
CreateWindowExW
Creates an overlapped, pop-up, or child window with an extended window style.
DefWindowProcW
Default procedure for processing window messages.
GetMessageW
Retrieves a message from the calling thread's message queue.
SendMessageW
Sends the specified message to a window or windows.
SetWindowTextW
Changes the text of the specified window's title bar.
UpdateWindow
Updates the client area of the specified window by sending a WM_PAINT message.
Structures
- WNDCLASSEXW – Window class information.
- MSG – Message structure.
- POINT – X and Y integer coordinates.
- RECT – Rectangle coordinates.
Constants
- WM_CREATE – Sent when a window is being created.
- WM_DESTROY – Sent when a window is being destroyed.
- WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW – Style for a typical overlapped window.
- SW_SHOW – Command to display a window.
Examples
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