Thanks, this makes perfect sense!
On 9/22/07, Mike Edenfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Windows API almost always passes structures like this as > pointers. PeekMessage() and all of the GetMessage() calls > pass an LPMSG parameter, for example. The only thing the > unmanaged code inside Windows knows about are the field > defined in the header, which are accessed as "x number of > bytes past the pointer value". As long as any additional > information is at the end of the structure, Windows will > ignore it. > > In fact, Windows uses this fact itself when new features > come out, by adding fields to the end of key structures and > internally using sizeof(blah) to figure out what fields are > available. > > The only thing you would need to watch out for is anything > that tries to take the size of a struct MSG, but I don't > know of any Windows API call that does so. > > -- Mike > > Still using IE? Get Firefox! > http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=6492&t=1 >
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