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From: jeroen_pluimers@f521.n281.z2.fidonet.org (Jeroen Pluimers)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: FileManager - ProgramManager Communication
Message-ID: <674398660@f521.n281.z2.fidonet.org>
Date: 16 May 91 07:56:01 GMT
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Reply-To: jeroen_pluimers%f521.n281.z2@hippo.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Jeroen Pluimers)
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Comment-To: Joachim_Kainz@f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org (Joachim Kainz)

Hello Joachim!

In a msg of <13 May 91>, Joachim Kainz writes to .:

 JK> As far as I found out yet, there is a undocumented window-message
 JK> among the WM_MDI*-messages. The value of the message is 0x22b and it
 JK> is send to the application when you drag an icon from the FileManager
 JK> to the client-area of the app.

 JK> Anybody got an idea how this thing works?

It is being mentioned somewhere in the README files of the windows SDK. It says 
that it is undocumented and there is a high chance that it becomes unsupported 
in the future as they are working on a better system to communicate with the 
program manager.


jeroen