Thread: Float number and sendmessage

I have been trying out some things with the SendMessage function which is supposed to send keystrokes to a certain window.

Code:

SendMessage(hwndMineSweeper, WM_LBUTTONDOWN, MK_LBUTTON, (YPos<<16)+XPos); 
SendMessage(hwndMineSweeper, WM_LBUTTONUP, MK_LBUTTON, (YPos<<16)+XPos);

I have a float number which always has 3 digits before the decimal point and 2 after: XXX.XX

Is there a way I can send the whole float number without having to create a seperate Sendmessage command for each digit?

If not, could the number first be converted to a string and then sent as a string to the sendmessage function?

Well first off you do realize for a WM_LBUTTONDOWN (or any other mouse message) you can't send a float no matter what you do. Windows actually has to interpret the data you send. If you are asking because you are wanting to do a custom SendMessage() where you are need two floating point values I would suggest a structure.

Example:

Code:

struct myPoints {
  float x, y;
};

/* To use this with SendMessage(), use pointers */
int main(void) {
  struct myPoints *points = malloc(sizeof(*points));

  SendMessage(hwndMineSweeper, MY_CUSTOM_WINDOWS_MESSAGE, MY_FLAG, (int)points);

  return 0;
}