Why microsoft publishes such uncomplete code?

Question

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/create-a-simple-list-box

People are wasting time by reading this.

Plesa make it complete or remove.

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typedef struct 
{ 
    TCHAR achName[MAX_PATH]; 
    TCHAR achPosition[12]; 
    int nGamesPlayed; 
    int nGoalsScored; 
} Player; 

Player Roster[] = 
{ 
    {TEXT("Haas, Jonathan"), TEXT("Midfield"), 18, 4 }, 
    {TEXT("Pai, Jyothi"), TEXT("Forward"), 36, 12 }, 
    {TEXT("Hanif, Kerim"), TEXT("Back"), 26, 0 }, 
    {TEXT("Anderberg, Michael"), TEXT("Back"), 24, 2 }, 
    {TEXT("Jelitto, Jacek"), TEXT("Midfield"), 26, 3 }, 
    {TEXT("Raposo, Rui"), TEXT("Back"), 24, 3}, 
    {TEXT("Joseph, Brad"), TEXT("Forward"), 13, 3 }, 
    {TEXT("Bouchard, Thomas"), TEXT("Forward"), 28, 5 }, 
    {TEXT("Salmre, Ivo "), TEXT("Midfield"), 27, 7 }, 
    {TEXT("Camp, David"), TEXT("Midfield"), 22, 3 }, 
    {TEXT("Kohl, Franz"), TEXT("Goalkeeper"), 17, 0 }, 
}; 


INT_PTR CALLBACK ListBoxExampleProc(HWND hDlg, UINT message, 
        WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch (message)
    {
    case WM_INITDIALOG:
        {
            // Add items to list. 
            HWND hwndList = GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_LISTBOX_EXAMPLE);  
            for (int i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE(Roster); i++) 
            { 
                int pos = (int)SendMessage(hwndList, LB_ADDSTRING, 0, 
                    (LPARAM) Roster[i].achName); 
                // Set the array index of the player as item data.
                // This enables us to retrieve the item from the array
                // even after the items are sorted by the list box.
                SendMessage(hwndList, LB_SETITEMDATA, pos, (LPARAM) i); 
            } 
            // Set input focus to the list box.
            SetFocus(hwndList); 
            return TRUE;               
        } 

    case WM_COMMAND:
        switch (LOWORD(wParam))
        {
        case IDOK:
        case IDCANCEL:
            EndDialog(hDlg, LOWORD(wParam));
            return TRUE;

        case IDC_LISTBOX_EXAMPLE:
            {
                switch (HIWORD(wParam)) 
                { 
                case LBN_SELCHANGE:
                    {
                        HWND hwndList = GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_LISTBOX_EXAMPLE); 

                        // Get selected index.
                        int lbItem = (int)SendMessage(hwndList, LB_GETCURSEL, 0, 0); 

                        // Get item data.
                        int i = (int)SendMessage(hwndList, LB_GETITEMDATA, lbItem, 0);

                        // Do something with the data from Roster[i]
                        TCHAR buff[MAX_PATH];
                        StringCbPrintf (buff, ARRAYSIZE(buff),  
                            TEXT("Position: %s
Games played: %d
Goals: %d"), 
                            Roster[i].achPosition, Roster[i].nGamesPlayed, 
                            Roster[i].nGoalsScored);

                        SetDlgItemText(hDlg, IDC_STATISTICS, buff); 
                        return TRUE; 
                    } 
                }
            }
            return TRUE;
        }
    }
    return FALSE;
}

Answer

The code snippets in much of Microsoft's documentation are intended to demonstrate specific points. If you want to see a more complete sample of basic Win32 code take a look at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/learnwin32/learn-to-program-for-windows

Why microsoft publishes such uncomplete code?

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