Ask Dr. GUI #26

(Remember, he's not a real doctor. He is a toaster.)

October 1995

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WM_REGENERATE

I started hacking on my own private version of Windows 95 and added the WM_REGENERATE message. What a mistake that was! In my first sample application using this message, I inadvertently added the following code:

switch (message)  {case WM_MOUSEMOVE: SendMessage(hwnd, WM_REGENERATE, wParam, lParam);
break;

This has led to much inconvenience. Last column I was a woman; this column I appear to be a toaster. One second, do you smell smoke? Probably just from my editor's office. Anyway, I wonder what I will be in the next column, toast?

Questions in this issue:

The Mummy Meets Hieroglyphics: Font Missing Pixels

Destructicons: Closing Down in Win95

Visual Basic and CGI Applications

It's Always Something, Even If It's Not: Supply DLLs With Your App