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WM_CAPTURECHANGED

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This message is sent to the window losing the capture.

Syntax

            WM_CAPTURECHANGED 
            hwndNewCapture = (HWND)lParam;

Parameters

  • hwndNewCapture
    Handle to the window gaining the mouse capture.

Return Value

An application should return zero if it processes this message.

Remarks

A window receives this message even if the window calls ReleaseCapture itself. An application should not attempt to set the mouse capture in response to this message.

When a window receives this message, the window should redraw itself to reflect the new mouse-capture state, if necessary.

Requirements

Header windows.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

ReleaseCapture
SetCapture