WM_TIMER

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This message is posted to the installing thread's message queue or sent to the appropriate TimerProccallback function after each interval specified in the SetTimerfunction used to install a timer.

WM_TIMER  
wTimerID= 
wParam; 
tmprc=
(TIMERPROC *)
lParam;

Parameters

wTimerID

Specifies the timer identifier.

tmprc

Pointer to an application-defined callback function that was passed to the SetTimerfunction when the timer was installed.

Return Values

An application should return zero if it processes this message.

Remarks

The WM_TIMER message is a low-priority message. The GetMessageand PeekMessagefunctions retrieve this message only when no other higher-priority messages are in the thread's message queue.

Requirements

Runs on	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.0 and later	Winuser.h

Note This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.