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    More Efficient Message Send

    Ok, well I'm writing this chat program and I have it all functioning, still yet to add features, but I want to make it so the text you enter into the edit window will be sent when you hit enter. So you can just type a message and hit enter to send it instead of having to click send. I know two ways I could do this and they seem a bit ridiculous, I think I'm overlooking an easier way and that's why I'm posting. The ways I have in mind are, polling for the enter vk code and when its found send a message to the button to execute its function, OR registering a hotkey, but both of these seem way to inefficient and my question to you is, Is there a better way? Thanks again.
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    independent function call function on button and enter key

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    If you'd please, would you elaborate a little bit more on those? Thanks for the reply.
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    Have your button call a function instead of placing all the code in the window/dialog procedure. This way your code that handles the enter key can call the same function instead of having to send a message to the button.

    To trap the enter key you can subclass the edit control. This involves using SetWindowLong to change the edit control's window procedure to your own procedure which traps VK_ENTER and calls the origional window procedure.

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    Sounds like a plan, I never thought of making a new window procedure for the edit window, but that's the best way to go, and I do have the code executed by the button in a function already. Thanks!
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