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ICM_ABOUT

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The ICM_ABOUT message notifies a video compression driver to display its About dialog box or queries a video compression driver to determine if it has an About dialog box. You can send this message explicitly or by using the ICAbout macro.

ICM_ABOUT 
wParam = (DWORD) (UINT) hwnd; 
lParam = 0;

Parameters

hwnd

Handle to the parent window of the displayed dialog box.

You can also determine if a driver has an About dialog box by specifying -1 in this parameter, as in the ICQueryAbout macro. The driver returns ICERR_OK if it has an About dialog box or ICERR_UNSUPPORTED otherwise.

Return Values

Returns ICERR_OK if the driver supports this message or ICERR_UNSUPPORTED otherwise.

Requirements

**  Windows NT/2000/XP:** Included in Windows NT 3.1 and later.
**  Windows 95/98/Me:** Included in Windows 95 and later.
**  Header:** Declared in Vfw.h.

See Also

Video Compression Manager, Video Compression Messages, ICAbout, ICQueryAbout