Abstract
Windows is a message based operating system. It is essential to develop an understanding of message handling to write windows programs or applications. We will look at handling:
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Keyboard input and associated message handlers.
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Left and right mouse button presses and associated message handlers.
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Device contexts.
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Repainting the client window.
Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’
Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking-Glass.
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Chivers, I. (2000). Messages. In: Essential Visual C++ 6.0 fast. Essential Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0733-0_4
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