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From: richardh@hpopd.HP.COM (Richard Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Return key in combo boxes.
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Date: 7 Dec 90 13:13:36 GMT
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/ hpopd:comp.windows.ms.programmer / eric@eecg.toronto.edu (Eric Smith) /  7:43 pm  Dec  6, 1990 /

> Moreover, the Guide to Programming explicitly warns
> against subclassing predefined window classes (i.e. combo boxes),
> so messages can't be intercepted there either.

I've been subclassing edit controls for years (with no ill effects).

Richard.