Windows message loop variations

**Leeman_s** · 01-10-2003

I'm having some trouble with the windows message loop. The trouble is, when I use GetMessage I have to wait for a windows message for it to return, which means I can't update graphics on the screen in the main message loop unless there is a windows message. Then I have to use WM_TIMER which doesn't go fast enough.

If I use PeekMessage the program runs fine except it hardly ever gets windows messages. Meaning it doesn't react well at all. If I try and click on the file menu on my prog, it takes like 10 seconds to come up. I have to use ctrl-alt-del to close it. I'll post the two I've tried:

Code:

/*while( (bRet = GetMessage( &Msg, NULL, 0, 0 )) != 0)
    { 
        if (bRet == -1)
        {
            PostQuitMessage(0);
        }
        else 
        {
            TranslateMessage(&Msg); 
            DispatchMessage(&Msg);
        }
		MainFunc(hWnd);
    }*/

Code:

while(!done)
	{
		if(PeekMessage(&Msg, hWnd, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
		{
			if(Msg.message == WM_QUIT)
			    done = true;

			TranslateMessage(&Msg);
		    DispatchMessage(&Msg);
		}
		
		MainFunc(hWnd);
	}

**Sebastiani** · 01-10-2003

Just as with GetMessage, PeekMessage should specify a HWND of NULL. That could very well be the problem there.

One very important point about GetMessage is that it can return one of three values, positive on success, zero upon completion, and -1 on error. In other words, to avoid an out of control loop, you should use something like:

Code:

while(GetMessage(&msg, 0,0,0) > 0)
{
 //...
}

Otherwise, everything looks kosher (though I never use PeekMessage() myself, perhaps someone might spot something else there...).

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