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Scroll Bars Messages

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

The following table shows the scroll bar messages, with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element Description

SBM_GETPOS

This message is sent by an application to retrieve the current position of the scroll box of a scroll bar control.

SBM_GETRANGE

This message is sent by an application to a scroll bar control to retrieve the minimum and maximum position values for the control.

SBM_GETSCROLLINFO

This message is sent by an application to retrieve the parameters of a scroll bar.

SBM_SETPOS

This message is sent by an application to a scroll bar control to set the position of the scroll box (thumb) and, if requested, redraw the scroll bar to reflect the new position of the scroll box.

SBM_SETRANGE

This message is sent by an application to a scroll bar control to set the minimum and maximum position values for the control.

SBM_SETRANGEREDRAW

This message is sent by an application to a scroll bar control to set the minimum and maximum position values and to redraw the control.

SBM_SETSCROLLINFO

This message is sent by an application to set the parameters of a scroll bar.

WM_CTLCOLORSCROLLBAR

This message is sent to the parent window of a scroll bar control when the control is about to be drawn.

WM_HSCROLL

This message is sent to a window when a scroll event occurs in the window's standard horizontal scroll bar.

WM_VSCROLL

This message is sent to a window when a scroll event occurs in the window's standard vertical scroll bar.

See Also

Reference

Scroll Bars Reference