Windows.. HWND.. recieving messages

General JUCE discussion
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I imagine this is a stupid thing to ask, but i guess i’ll go for it.

I need to specify a HWND for opening a context for a device, which will recieve certain messages. How does one go about getting the window’s HWND (if that’s what’s needed)… and then moreover how does one get at messages? I feel like i may need to hack apart the Juce application base, but no that would be silly. I’ve never used HWNDs before, so i guess i just don’t get it.

Can i just make one myself and put it anywhere? Any clues?

[EDIT] sorry, i posted this very late last night and totally got the wrong forum! obviously this should be in the windows forum :oops:

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i think i’ve got it, after looking thru the juce_win32_Messaging.cpp file… it’s starting to make-a de sense-a

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It’s easy to get a window’s HWND, but to actually catch its messages you would need to create your own (hidden) window with your own callback.

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yeah i’ve figured it would be tricky to get that. however, the messaging implementation file has taught me a lot, so thanks jules! :smiley: