Shell Messages
4/8/2010
The following table shows the Windows Mobile Shell messages, with a description of the purpose of each.
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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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Sent by an application to prevent the document list view from updating. |
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Sent by an application to allow the document list view to be updated. |
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Sent by an application to retrieve the current file filter selection (for example, when a user sets the current file filter in a combo box). |
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Sent by an application to count the items in the document list. |
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Sent by an application to retrieve the next item in the document list. |
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Sent by an application to retrieve the next listed WAV file. |
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Sent by an application to retrieve the previous listed WAV file. |
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Sent by an application to retrieve the number of selected items. |
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Sent by an application to retrieve the path name associated with the selected item. |
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Sent by an application to receive information using the IR port of the device. |
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Sent by an application to refresh the document list view. |
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Sent by an application to call the Rename/Move dialog for the items selected in the document list. |
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Sent by an application to select all items in the document list. |
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Sent by an application to retrieve the item associated with the path name selected in the document list. |
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Sent by an application to send e-mail. |
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Sent by an application to send information using the IR port of the device. |
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Sent when the file filter is changed (for example, if a user changes device settings in an Options dialog). |
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Sent by an application to set the document list to a folder. |
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Sent by an application to change the state of an item in the document list. |
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Sent by an application to create an item that contains the PA structure that was passed in. |
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Sent by an application to select an item based on its index value. |
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Sent by an application to set the path name of the item to show as selected during the next document list refresh. |
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Sent by an application to restore the document list view. |
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Sent by an application to refresh the document list view, but the selection will not be restored. |
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Sent by an application to determine whether the current folder is valid. |
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Resets scroll information. |
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Retrieves the extended styles that are currently in use for an edit control. |
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Gets the default input mode if the control does not have focus and gets the actual input mode if the control has focus. |
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Sets the default input mode. |
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Sets extended styles. |
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Sets symbols that are displayed when the user presses the 1 key in Multi-press mode. |
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This message is sent by some common controls to notify their parent windows about drawing operations. |
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Retrieves the owning hmenu as specified in the load resource. |
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Retrieves the owning hmenu as specified in the load resource. |
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Retrieves the owning hmenu as specified in the load resource. |
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Retrieves the owning hmenu as specified in the load resource. |
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Sent by a window to its soft key bar to modify the default handling of key messages sent to the soft key bar or to be notified of these messages. |
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Assigns the owning hmenu as specified in the load resource. |
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Retrieves information for a button on a soft key bar. This message can be used to get the ID, text, and state of a soft key bar button, as well as the handle of the pop-up menu associated with the button. |
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Sets the information for an existing button on a soft key bar. This message can be used to change the ID, text, and state of a soft key bar button. |
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This message indicates that the user pressed the F1 key. |
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This notification message is sent by SendNotifyMessage from the shell to the window that was registered with SHChangeNotifyRegister. |
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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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