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Re: F****d Borland forgot to define the message in BC 3.1's windows.h !!!!!

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From: Scott Evernden
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 02:18
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In article <1992Dec9.045940@avsht.sph.spb.su> avsht@sph.spb.su writes:
>Hi, people!
>
>Trying to recompile my Windows project under BC 3.1, I was wondering
>very much when compiler suddenly reported me that he doesn't know
>the message WM_PAINTICON. I looked into windows.h and didn't find it!!!
>Although nearest win30.h file (former windows.h from BC 3.0)
>defines it.
>
>1. Is it Borland mistake or mine?
>2. What is the best way to avoid it:
>   - to feed bcc the option -DWM_PAINTICON=0x0026
>   - to change windows.h by adding #define WM_PAINTICON 0x0026
>   - another way

1.  Your mistake, sort of.  WM_PAINTICON doesn't appear in either
Borland's or Microsoft's windows.h   However, according to my handy
copy of "Undocumented Windows", WM_PAINTICON is documented/defined
only in the 3.1 DDK and WIN32 API.

2.  Either approach is best...

-scott
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From: scott@unixland.natick.ma.us (Scott Evernden)
Subject: Re: F****d Borland forgot to define the message in BC 3.1's windows.h !!!!!
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