TranslateMDISysAccel

The TranslateMDISysAccel function processes accelerator keystrokes for window menu commands of the multiple document interface (MDI) child windows associated with the specified MDI client window. The function translates WM_KEYUP and WM_KEYDOWN messages to WM_SYSCOMMAND messages and sends them to the appropriate MDI child windows.

BOOL TranslateMDISysAccel(

HWND hWndClient, // handle of MDI client window
LPMSG lpMsg // address of structure with message data
);  

Parameters

hWndClient

Identifies the MDI client window.

lpMsg

Points to a message retrieved by using the GetMessage or PeekMessage function. The message must be an MSG structure and contain message information from the application's message queue.

Return Values

If the message is translated into a system command, the return value is nonzero.

If the message is not translated into a system command, the return value is zero.

See Also

GetMessage, PeekMessage, TranslateAccelerator, MSG, WM_KEYDOWN, WM_KEYUP, WM_SYSCOMMAND