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4/8/2010

This message is sent after a window has been moved.

Syntax 

WM_MOVE 
xPos = (int)LOWORD(
lParam); 

yPos = (int)HIWORD(
lParam);

Parameters

xPos

Value of the low-order word of lParam. Specifies the x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the client area of the window.

yPos

Value of the high-order word of lParam. Specifies the y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the client area of the window.

Return Value

An application should return zero if it processes this message.

Remarks

The xPosand yPosParameters are given in screen coordinates for overlapped and pop-up windows and in parent-client coordinates for child windows.

An application can use the MAKEPOINTSmacro to convert the lParamparameter to a POINTSstructure.

Requirements

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

See Also