WM_RBUTTONDOWN

[Son]

Hey guys... :) I am trying to use the WM_RBUTTONDOWN message but I can't!!! It seems like I haven't understood it yet! Anyway, if anyone could give any information about it, it would be really great!!! Thank you in advance!

[AceDawg45]

Uh, this may sound dumb, but I just tried it, just to see if it worked for me.
I did:

switch(msg){

//--other WM--

case WM_RBUTTONDOWN:
MessageBox(hwnd, L"FUFEF", L"Fefe", MB_OK);    //random letters, just a test
break;
}

I ran the program, and, like you it didn't work. I tried RBUTTONUP, still no dice. Then, I realized I was clicking the left mouse button. Hehe. Whoops
Anyway, my question to you is: Were you clicking the left mouse button, or are you positive that you are right clicking?

Also: What code is in the message? Without any code given, this is pretty much crystal ball debugging.

[Disch]

Warning: Pet peeve post:

MessageBox(hwnd, L"FUFEF", L"Fefe", MB_OK);

Grrrr....

MessageBox takes TCHARs, not wide chars.

Correct usage:

MessageBoxW(hwnd, L"FUFEF", L"Fefe", MB_OK); // <- wide strings, wide function
MessageBoxA(hwnd, "FUFEF", "Fefe", MB_OK); // <- narrow strings, narrow function
MessageBox(hwnd, TEXT("FUFEF"), TEXT("Fefe"), MB_OK); // <- TCHAR strings, TCHAR function 

[AceDawg45]

@Disch yeah I know, but Qt didn't let me use narrow strings the first time, so I just used a lpwstr. It still works. It really didn't occur to me to use TCHARs

[Disch]

@Disch yeah I know, but Qt didn't let me use narrow strings the first time, so I just used a lpwstr.

MessageBox is not a Qt function, so it doesn't matter.

EDIT: Or did you mean Qt Builder?
In which case: yeah. It doesn't let you use narrow strings because MessageBox doesn't take narrow strings... it takes TCHAR strings.

It shouldn't let you take wide strings either... but unfortunately C++ is weakly typed.

It still works.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr
GRRRRRRRRR

It really didn't occur to me to use TCHARs

It's very simple:

MessageBox = TCHARs
MessageBoxA = chars
MessageBoxW = wchar_ts


Same is true of virtually every WinAPI function:
DeleteFile = TCHARs
DeleteFileA = char
DeleteFileW = wchar_t

etc

[AceDawg45]

Oh. Well, I am fairly new to windows programming, so thanks for the advice :)

Anyway, about Son's question, I tried every single thing I could TO GET AN ERROR, and none of them were even relevant to this question. Really, only two other things. Son, are you SURE you are right clicking?