The SendMessageCallback function sends the specified message to a window or windows. The function calls the window procedure for the specified window and returns immediately. After the window procedure processes the message, the system calls the specified callback function, passing the result of the message processing and an application-defined value to the callback function.
BOOL SendMessageCallback(
| HWND hWnd, | // handle of destination window |
| UINT Msg, | // message to send |
| WPARAM wParam, | // first message parameter |
| LPARAM lParam, | // second message parameter |
| SENDASYNCPROC lpResultCallBack, | // function to receive message value |
| DWORD dwData | // value to pass to callback function |
| ); |
Parameters
hWnd
Identifies the window whose window procedure will receive the message. If this parameter is HWND_BROADCAST, the message is sent to all top-level windows in the system, including disabled or invisible unowned windows, overlapped windows, and pop-up windows; but the message is not sent to child windows.
Msg
Specifies the message to be sent.
wParam
Specifies additional message-specific information.
lParam
Specifies additional message-specific information.
lpResultCallBack
Points to a callback function that the system calls after the window procedure processes the message. See SendAsyncProc for information on suitable callback functions.
If hWnd is HWND_BROADCAST, the operating system calls the SendAsyncProc callback function once for each top-level window.
dwData
Specifies an application-defined value to be sent to the callback function pointed to by the lpfnResultCallBack parameter.
Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.
If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
If you send a message in the range below WM_USER to the asynchronous message functions (PostMessage, SendNotifyMessage, and SendMessageCallback), make sure that the message parameters do not include pointers. Otherwise, the functions will return before the receiving thread has had a chance to process the message and the sender will free the memory before it is used.
Applications that need to communicate using HWND_BROADCAST should use the RegisterWindowMessage function to obtain a unique message for inter-application communication.
The callback function is called only when the thread that called SendMessageCallback also calls GetMessage, PeekMessage, or WaitMessage.
See Also
PostMessage, RegisterWindowMessage, SendAsyncProc, SendMessageCallback, SendNotifyMessage