Thread: HIWORD LOWORD lParam

Is there anyway to write the code fragment below using LOWORD(lParam) and HIWORD(lParam) directly instead of using variables xPos and yPos? For example: if ((int)LOWORD(lParam) <= 8).

Code:

xPos = (int)LOWORD(lParam);
yPos = (int)HIWORD(lParam);

if (xPos <= 8)
{
    xPos = 0;
}
else
{
    xPos -= 8;
    if (xPos >= rc.right)
    {
        rc.right--;
        xPos = rc.right;
    }
}

if (yPos <= 2)
{
    yPos = 0;
}
else
{
    yPos -= 2;
    if (yPos >= rc.bottom)
    {
        rc.bottom--;
        yPos = rc.bottom;
    }
}

Thanks for the reply "BMJ". Yes I'm looking for a way to directly modify the LOWORD/HIWORD portion of lParam.