Standard Shell Messages
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8/28/2008
The following table shows the standard shell messages, with a description of the purpose of each.
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This message enables or disables the OK button for the Browse For Folder dialog box. |
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This message indicates that the Browse For Folder dialog box finished initializing. |
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This message indicates that the selection in the dialog box changed. |
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This message selects the specified folder in the Browse For Folder dialog box. |
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This message sets the status text in the Browse For Folder dialog box. |
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This message indicates that the user typed an invalid name into the edit box of the Browse For Folder dialog box. |
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This message is sent to a Control Panel application when the user double-clicks the icon in the control panel explorer. |
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This message is sent once to a Control Panel application before the controlling application releases the DLL that contains the application. |
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This message is sent to a Control Panel application to retrieve the number of dialog boxes supported by the application. |
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This message is sent to a Control Panel application to prompt it to perform global initialization, especially memory allocation. |
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This message is sent to a Control Panel application to request information about a dialog box that the application supports. |
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This message is sent once for each dialog box when the application controlling the Control Panel application closes. |
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This message retrieves information about the current font selections that a user makes in the Font dialog box. |
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This message indicates that the user pressed the F1 key. |
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This message is sent to an application when system resources are running low. |
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This message is sent to a process that registers for IM notifications when the size or position of an input method (IM) changes. |
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This message filters for keyboard messages. |
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This message filters for keyboard messages. |