How can i get the WM_MINIMIZE message of console window?

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I want to process the WM_MINIMIZE msg, because I need to satisfy such a situation as follow.
If user click the "minimize" button,I hide it to the startup bar.If the user click the icon on the startup bar, I display it as usual.

Posted 15-Jun-11 16:55pm

mengfei929

Updated 15-Jun-11 22:48pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Jun-11 23:05pm

What do your mean "get"?!
--SA

Resmi Anna 15-Jun-11 23:29pm

the qstn is not that clear.are you trying to process the WM_CLOSE message of console window.That means your application is trying to get the WM_CLOSE message of some other application window, which is not of yours...I am rt??

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Solution 2

mengfei929,

I've done this in the past using the PeekMessage function.. Here's an article that touches on the subject: Adding Windows To Your Console Application[^]

Hopefully, this will help..

Posted 15-Jun-11 17:13pm

DrMaltz

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mengfei929 15-Jun-11 23:49pm

thankyou!,but i found that's not i needed.

Solution 1

The question is not completely clear, so sorry if I'm addressing a wrong problem…

This is not a Windowed application. When a windows is closed, it's already too late.
Instead, you can intercept Ctrl+C in your console application to perform post-mortal actions such as proper clean-up.

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1641182/how-can-i-catch-a-ctrl-c-event-c[^].

—SA

Posted 15-Jun-11 17:08pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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CPallini · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-15T23:10:00

Solution 3

Probably it isn't a good idea, have a look at the following discussion "Message handling in a console app"[^].

Posted 15-Jun-11 23:10pm

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mengfei929 16-Jun-11 21:27pm

Thankyou, I will change it with windows app instead.

CPallini 17-Jun-11 2:56am

You are welcome.