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"poojo hackma" <poojo.com/mail> wrote in message
news:45d0cc1f@newsgroups.borland.com...

> I've got a small AutoRun style application that currently only
> has a WinMain function (i.e. old C program style).
>
> How can I add the ability to search for Windows Messages like
WM_COMMAND?

First, you need an actual window to receive the message with.  Console
applications do not have a window by default.  You will have to call
CreateWindow/Ex() for that.

Second, you need an active message queue to receive and process
messages with.  You will have to call Get/PeekMessage(),
TranslateMessage(), and DispatchMessage() for the lifetime of the
program for that.

> TCustomForm includes a WndProc function that has what I want, but
> my small WinMain application does not have (or need) a TForm. Is
there
> some way to implement this without having to create a form that I
don't use?

If you have enabled the VCL for your project, then you can use the
AllocateHWnd() function instead of calling CreateWindow/Ex().  The
callback method for AllocateHWnd() has to be a member of a class, and
you still need to implement your own message queue to receive the
messages.


Gambit