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Add a table with message number ranges for Post/Send/OnMessage functions #665

Closed eugenesvk closed 1 year ago

eugenesvk commented 1 year ago

Ranges of Windows Message numbers

Below is a summary table of values for the MsgNumber parameter of PostMessage, SendMessage, and OnMessage.

Min
0 x Hex		Max
0 x Hex		Meaning
0 3FF
WM_USER − 1		 Reserved by the system (see detailed list below)
400
WM_USER		 7FFF​ Integer messages for use by private window classes
(conflict with system messages)
8000
WM_APP 		BFFF​ Messages available for use by apps
(no conflict with system messages)
C000 FFFF String messages for use by apps
defined at runtime via RegisterWindowMessage
10000 ∞ Reserved by the system
For more details see Application defined messages, WM User, and WM App
Ragnar-F commented 1 year ago

Revised via b4a49b7a11bce5b9a8fd4998ce340247a56559ea