Differ GetMessage, PostMessage & PeakMessage?

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Differ GetMessage, PostMessage & PeakMessage?..

Answer / boggarapu sateesh kumar

GetMessage function waits for a message to be placed in the
queue before returning.

PeekMessage function does not wait for a message to be
placed in the queue before returning.

The PostMessage function places (posts) a message in the
message queue associated with the thread that created the
specified window and then returns without waiting for the
thread to process the message.

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Differ GetMessage, PostMessage & PeakMessage?..

Answer / krishna

GetMessage() will retrives the message from the running
message queue and The function dispatches incoming sent
messages until a posted message is available for retrieval.

PeekMEssage() retrieves the message from running message
queue but will not remove the message information from the
message queue.

PostMessage() Posts the message to the message queue and
returns.

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Differ GetMessage, PostMessage & PeakMessage?..

Answer / sirama

GetMessage() Takes the message from "Message Queue" and
dispatches it to the Window Procedure. And the pointer
moves to the next message in the queue.

PeekMessage() does the same. But, this time, the pointer is
not moved to the next message in the Queue.

PostMessage() : See Krishna's Answer

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Differ GetMessage, PostMessage & PeakMessage?..

Answer / rao naeem

PostMessage is used in Threading usually. to post a message
to Messaging Queue.


Get message is a blocking call it waits for the message
untill it recieve the message it was requiring


Peak message doesnt wait for the message particually it is
looking it just look if the particular message is not in the
queue it returns.

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