RegisterHotKey and WM_HOTKEY

Code:

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LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch(Msg)
    {
                case WM_CREATE:
                        {
                                HWND hWindow = FindWindow("Untitled Window Class", "Untitled Window Name");
                                if (hWindow == NULL)
                                {
                                        MessageBox(hwnd, "Error", "", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
                                        //PostMessage(hwnd, WM_QUIT, NULL, NULL);
                                }
                                RECT rWindow;
                                        GetWindowRect(hwnd, &rWindow);
                                hEdit1 = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, "EDIT", "", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ES_MULTILINE | ES_AUTOVSCROLL, 0, 0, rWindow.right - rWindow.left - 5, rWindow.bottom - 150, hwnd, (HMENU)IDC_EDIT1_BOX, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL);
                                hEdit2 = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, "EDIT", "", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ES_MULTILINE | ES_AUTOVSCROLL, 0, rWindow.bottom - 150, rWindow.right - rWindow.left - 5, 150, hwnd, (HMENU)IDC_EDIT2_BOX, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL);

                                RegisterHotKey(hEdit2, VK_RETURN, NULL, 2000);
                        }
                        break;
                case WM_HOTKEY:
                        switch (LOWORD(wParam))
                        {
                                case 2000:
                                MessageBox(hwnd, "It Worked", "It Worked", MB_OK);
                                break;
                        }
                        break;
        case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage(0);
                        return 0;
    }
    return DefWindowProc(hwnd, Msg, wParam, lParam);
}

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I got the window setup the way I wanted, but when I use RegisterHotKey for the second textbox and tested it out, it didn't work. What did I do wrong? Or is there a better way to check when the user presses return/enter in the text boxes?

Also In the text boxes, when I type to the bottom of the box it will auto scroll down, but it will is one 1 short of that...

This is what it looks when when I use the auto scrolling.

Code:

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Text
Text
Text
-----------------End Of the Text Box-----------------
End of Text

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Is there a way to fix that too?

Windows specific question?

By the way, you may use SetWindowsHookEx instead.

Moved to Windows Programming.

RegisterHotKey sets a global hot key across the desktop. If you try to register a hot key that has already been registered once before it will not work. This also means RegisterHotKey() overrides any window that you may have open.

Example: I have ctrl+O as a hotkey in one of my programs. When I open Word and hit ctrl+O Word no longer tries to open a file, but mine will try regardless of having focus or not.

I'm going to take a stab and say you have an MDI. This is why it does not work for the second, third, fourth etc textbox.

After server hours, I found a way to do it.

Code:

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    while(GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0)
    {
                if (Msg.message == WM_KEYDOWN && Msg.wParam == VK_RETURN)
                {
                        if (GetFocus() == hEdit1)
                                MessageBox(hwnd, "It worked", It worked", MB_OK);
                }
        TranslateMessage(&Msg);
        DispatchMessage(&Msg);
    }
    return Msg.wParam;

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by CrissyCrisCris

Or is there a better way to check when the user presses return/enter in the text boxes?

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Add ES_WANTRETURN | ES_MULTILINE to get a msg when the user presses ENTER in an edit.