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From: bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: PostMessage -- ok in Windows V 2.x ?
Message-ID: <106580027@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 89 19:34:06 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> My question: is PostMessage fully functional in Windows 2.x now as well as
> SendMessage?

The problem is that PostMessage will drop messages if the destination message
queue is full; it does let you know when it drops them, though.  Since 
SendMessage doesn't put a message in the queue (it directly invokes the window 
proc), it doesn't have this problem.

--Bill Turner