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CWinThread::PostThreadMessage

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Called to post a user-defined message to another CWinThread object.

BOOL PostThreadMessage( 
   UINT message , 
   WPARAM wParam, 
   LPARAM lParam  
);

Parameters

  • message
    ID of the user-defined message.

  • wParam
    First message parameter.

  • lParam
    Second message parameter.

Return Value

Nonzero if successful; otherwise 0.

Remarks

The posted message is mapped to the proper message handler by the message map macro ON_THREAD_MESSAGE.

Note

When calling the Windows PostThreadMessage function within an MFC application, the MFC message handlers are not called. For more information, see the Knowledge Base article, "PRB: MFC Message Handler Not Called with PostThreadMessage()" (Q142415).

Requirements

Header: afxwin.h

See Also

Reference

CWinThread Class

Hierarchy Chart

ON_THREAD_MESSAGE