WM_PAINT

dodge55 (85)
I have a small snippet of code in my WndProc that has a WM_PAINT with nothing in it except return(0). That causes my MessageBox not to appear unless I press ALT or F10 to get the MessageBox into an active state. It looks like the WM_PAINT message is called over and over preventing the MessageBox from appearing, even if no activity is going on. What is causing that?

I tried to post my code, but none of the tags '<>' or any of them are working, so I can't at the moment.

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thmm (703)
The code tags are not working at the first post.
So copy the code as plaint text, submit it.
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dodge55 (85)
OK. Thanks. See, the WM_PAINT code that is currently commented out. If uncommented, the About Box Message Box, never gets displayed until ALT or F10 is pressed. Why?


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// Test.cpp : Defines the entry point for the application.
//

#include "windows.h"
#include "commdlg.h"

#define IDM_ABOUT   1
#define IDM_EXIT    2
#define IDM_HELP    3
#define IDM_OPEN    4

WCHAR AppName[] = L"Analysis";
WCHAR AboutTitle[] = L"About Analysis";
WCHAR iconfilename[] = L"analysis.ico";

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);



int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,PSTR szCmdLine,int iCmdShow)
{
    WNDCLASS wndclass;
    HMENU hMenu, hMenuPopup;
    MSG msg;
    HWND hWnd;

    wndclass.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
    wndclass.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
    wndclass.cbClsExtra = 0;
    wndclass.cbWndExtra = 0;
    wndclass.hInstance = hInstance;
    wndclass.hIcon = (HICON)LoadImage(NULL,iconfilename,IMAGE_ICON,0,0,LR_LOADFROMFILE|LR_DEFAULTSIZE|LR_SHARED);
    wndclass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wndclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 1);
    wndclass.lpszMenuName = AppName;
    wndclass.lpszClassName = AppName;

    if (!RegisterClass(&wndclass))
    {
        MessageBox(NULL,L"Call to RegisterClass failed!",AppName,NULL);
        return(1);
    }

    hWnd = CreateWindow(AppName, AppName, WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 700, 400, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
    if (!hWnd)
    {
        MessageBox(NULL, L"Call to CreateWindow failed!", AppName, NULL);
        return(1);
    }

    hMenu = CreateMenu();
    hMenuPopup = CreateMenu();
    AppendMenu(hMenuPopup, MF_STRING, IDM_OPEN, L"Open");
    AppendMenu(hMenuPopup, MF_STRING, IDM_EXIT, L"Exit");
    AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_POPUP, UINT_PTR(hMenuPopup), L"File");

    hMenuPopup = CreateMenu();
    AppendMenu(hMenuPopup, MF_STRING, IDM_ABOUT, L"About Analysis");
    AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_POPUP, UINT_PTR(hMenuPopup), L"Help");

    SetMenu(hWnd, hMenu);

    ShowWindow(hWnd, iCmdShow);
    UpdateWindow(hWnd);

    // Main message loop:
    while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
    {
        TranslateMessage(&msg);
        DispatchMessage(&msg);
    }

    return (int)msg.wParam;
}


//
//  FUNCTION: WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM)
//
//  PURPOSE: Processes messages for the main window.
//
//  WM_COMMAND  - process the application menu
//  WM_PAINT    - Paint the main window
//  WM_DESTROY  - post a quit message and return
//
//
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    WCHAR text[80] = { 0 };

    switch (message)
    {
       case WM_COMMAND:
           // Parse the menu selections:

           switch (LOWORD(wParam))
           {
               case IDM_OPEN:
                   return(0);

               case IDM_EXIT:
                   SendMessage(hwnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
                   return(0);

               case IDM_ABOUT:
                   wsprintf(text, L"%s\n\u00a92021 Lookout Portable Security\nVersion 1.0", AppName);
                   MessageBox(hwnd,text,AboutTitle,MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK);
                   return(0);
            }
            break;

        // case WM_PAINT:
            // return(0);

        case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage(0);
            break;
    }
    return DefWindowProc(hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
deleted account xyzzy (5768)
You never clear the need to repaint the window in WM_PAINT, the client area isn't validated, so Windows keeps sending WM_PAINT messages to your message queue.
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/66250/BeginPaint-EndPaint-or-GetDC-ReleaseDC

Change your WM_PAINT case to something like this:
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case WM_PAINT:
   HDC         hdc;
   PAINTSTRUCT ps;
   hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd, &ps);

   EndPaint(hwnd, &ps);
   return S_OK;

OR you can retain the case as an empty placeholder if you want to add code later and for now let DefWindowProc handle the message.
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case WM_PAINT:
   break;

Commenting out the entire WM_PAINT case (or removing it entirely) sends all the paint messages to be processed by DefWindowProc, validating the client area.
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dodge55 (85)
Many thanks for this. That answers my question.
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