Thread: Messages problem...

I've got another problem... I have setup my window with an empty child window by doing this:

Code:

HWND hchild = CreateWindow( "STATIC", "", WS_CHILD | WS_MAXIMIZE | WS_VISIBLE, 0, 0, 0, 0, hParent, (HMENU)ID_CHILD, GetInstance(), NULL );

This works all find and dandy, but I also have buttons in this child window. When the button is pressed, I suspect that the message is sent to the empty child window... but I don't have a window procedure to process the message. Is there some way that I redirect the button's message to another window when I declare the button like this?:

Code:

CreateWindow( WC_BUTTON, "A Button", WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_TABSTOP, 0, 0, 90, 20, hchild, (HMENU)ID_BUTTON, GetInstance(), NULL );

Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. I tried doing it like:

Code:

SetWindowLongPtr( hParent, GWLP_WNDPROC, (LONG_PTR)WndProc );

and it compiles fine, but the button doesn't appear anymore. It has literally vanished from the window. Is this good news?

You should save the old wndproc (the return of the SetWindowLongPtr) and call it at the end of the new one with CallWindowProc, so the default processing of all the messages you don't want to handle is done.

Maybe helpful links:
Safe subclassing
About Window Procedure Subclassing

Yes, that gave me enough to work with and it works fine. Thank you very much.