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4/8/2010

This message is sent by an application to simulate the user clicking a button. This message causes the button to receive a WM_LBUTTONDOWNand a WM_LBUTTONUPmessage, and the button's parent window to receive a BN_CLICKEDmessage.

Syntax 

BM_CLICK 
wParam = 0; 

lParam = 0;

Parameters

wParam

Not used.

lParam

Not used.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

If the button is in a dialog box and the dialog box is not active, the BM_CLICK message might fail. To ensure success in this situation, call the SetActiveWindowfunction to activate the dialog box before sending the BM_CLICK message to the button.

Requirements

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

See Also