Re: System Menu

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:18

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JD wrote:

>
>I'm trying to catch when the window is minimized, maximized or
>restored from either the system menu or by right clicking the
>taskbar icon.
>
>I was testing for WM_SYSCOMMAND but that only catches the
>border icon clicks. I've tried catching WM_COMMAND but that's
>not getting sent, contrary to what I *think* the help file says
>for WM_COMMAND.
>
>Can someone shed some light on this for me please?

Have you looked at
WM_SHOWWINDOW
WM_QUERRYOPEN
WM_GETMINMAXINFO

See also "Size and Position Messages" in the Win32.hlp

But, if you just want to know the status, use the "is" family:
IsWindowVisible()
IsZoomed()
IsIconic()

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