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4/8/2010

This message sets the radix base for an up-down control. The base value determines whether the buddy window displays numbers in decimal or hexadecimal digits. Hexadecimal numbers are always unsigned, and decimal numbers are signed.

Syntax 

UDM_SETBASE 
wParam = (WPARAM) 
nBase; 

lParam = 0;

Parameters

nBase

New base value for the control. This parameter can be 10 for decimal or 16 for hexadecimal.

lParam

Not used.

Return Value

The previous base value indicates success. Zero indicates that an invalid base was given.

Requirements

Header commctrl.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

UDM_GETBASE