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4/8/2010

This message is sent by a control when the control has the keyboard focus and the user presses a key. It is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFYmessage.

Syntax 

NM_KEYDOWN 
lpnmk = (LPNMKEY) 
lParam;

Parameters

lpnmk

Long pointer to an NMKEYstructure that contains additional information about the key that caused the message.

Return Value

Return nonzero to prevent the control from processing the key or zero otherwise.

Remarks

This message is not sent by all controls. Currently, only the toolbar sends this message.

Requirements

Header commctrl.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

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