Thread: Need help with WM_QUERYENDSESSION message

I know that when I try to shutdown the OS, it sends the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message... and I need to return TRUE when the OS does that.

like:

Code:

case WM_QUERYENDSESSION:
              return(TRUE);

But the question is, if I want to make savings when the OS is shuting down, I will do it at the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message, or the WM_ENDSESSION message?


Thanks

Basically, if you want to save before the program ends, you need only process the WM_CLOSE and WM_QUERYENDSESSION messages.

The WM_ENDSESSION message is sent to every wndproc that has already received a WM_QUERYENDSESSION. It is used so that the application can tell if it still has to terminate. Because it is possible for someone to ask to shut down Windows, and a program repsonds to WM_QUERYENDSESSION with 'no, i dont want to shut down' (perhaps at the response of a user clicking 'cancel' to the save dialog). This means Windows is now not shutting down. WM_ENDSESSION answers the question of whether it is going to shut down or not. This happens when another program returned 0 from WM_QUERYENDSESSION indicating that it is not shutting down. wParam will be 0 for WM_ENDSESSION, if this happens.

That's the basics of it, you may wish to read up on MSDN for further information.

Thanks alot