Control Panel API Messages

The messages described in the following table are used with the Control Panel API.

Message Description
CPL_DBLCLK Sent to the CPlApplet function when a user taps the icon of a Control Panel application supported by the function.
CPL_EXIT Sent to the CPlApplet function before the system releases the DLL that contains the function.
CPL_GETCOUNT Sent to the CPlApplet function to retrieve the number of Control Panel applications supported by the function.
CPL_IDNAME Sent to the CPlApplet function to retrieve a Control Panel application's unique ID name string.
CPL_INIT Sent to the CPlApplet function to prompt it to perform initialization for all Control Panel application that it supports.
CPL_INQUIRE Not supported in Windows Mobile software. The CPL_NEWINQUIRE message is used instead.
CPL_NEWINQUIRE Sent to the CPlApplet function to request information about a Control Panel application that it supports.
CPL_SELECT Do not use. Instead, use the CPL_DBLCLK message.
CPL_STOP Sent to the CPlApplet function for each Control Panel application it implements to prompt it to close them down.

See Also

Control Panel API Functions

Control Panel API Structures

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