Thread: PostMessage LPARAM trouble

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    PostMessage LPARAM trouble

    I am trying to send a keystroke to another window via PostMessage. I can successfully run WM_KEYDOWN without my program crashing, but the other 3 messages fail.

    As of now I'm sending 'a' to the other program. (0x00021e0*)

    Code:
    #define SETBITS(var,mask)   (var |= mask)
    #define CLEARBITS(var,mask) (var &= ~mask)
    #define CHKBITS(var,mask)   ((var&mask) == mask)
    
    ...
    
    void SendKey(char input)
    {
    	LPARAM lParam;
    	short key = VkKeyScan(input);
    	UINT scancode = MapVirtualKey(key, 0);
    	SETBITS(lParam,0x00021e00);
    	PostMessage(lWnd, WM_KEYDOWN, key, lParam);
    	Sleep(10);
    	SETBITS(lParam,0x00021e02);
    	PostMessage(lWnd, WM_CHAR, key, lParam);
    	Sleep(10);
    	SETBITS(lParam,0x00021e03);
    	PostMessage(lWnd, WM_KEYUP, key, lParam);
    	Sleep(10);
    }
    I created 0x00021e0* from the API documentation, but like I said the last 3 are failing.

    Code:
    29
        Specifies the context code. The value is 1 if the ALT key is held down while the key is pressed; otherwise, the value is 0.
    30
        Specifies the previous key state. The value is 1 if the key is down before the message is sent, or it is 0 if the key is up.
    31
        Specifies the transition state. The value is 1 if the key is being released, or it is 0 if the key is being pressed.
    So the first PostMessage() is obviously 0000. The second one that is not working is 0010, and the third is 0011.

    Help?

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    > SETBITS(lParam,0x00021e00);
    How about a nice simple
    lParam = 0x00021e00;
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    That works too! I'm new to bit manipulation so I thought everything had to be or'ed to be set. that's why my macro or's the mask. But unfortunately it still crashes, so I'm guessing it's still the lparam.


    EDIT: I found the solution...lparam doesn't really matter at all either >_>. I forgot to initialize scancode = 0x0; My program now doesn't crash!
    Last edited by fl00d; 12-05-2007 at 09:01 PM. Reason: found a solution

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