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Title: Windows Messages?Who,what?! Question: How can I use Windows Message and what are they? Answer: Hey there manny people are asking what are Windows Messages let's say the Windows Messages are the heart of every Windows.Your application interactionates with other Windows using messages. You can send or recive messages from the Windows operating systems. Here is how to send var yopos:Hwnd; yopos:=FindWindow(nil,Program Manager); ShowWindow(yopos,SW_HIDE); you can use instead SW_SHOW,SW_MINIMIZE,SW_RESTORE etc; here is how to close a window SendMessage(Application.Handle,WM_CLOSE,0,0); There are many examples to give but... The most popular Windows Messages are: WM_ACTIVATE : result:= 'WM_ACTIVATE '; WM_ACTIVATEAPP : result:= 'WM_ACTIVATEAPP '; WM_ASKCBFORMATNAME : result:= 'WM_ASKCBFORMATNAME '; WM_CANCELMODE : result:= 'WM_CANCELMODE '; WM_CHANGECBCHAIN : result:= 'WM_CHANGECBCHAIN '; WM_CHAR : result:= 'WM_CHAR '; WM_CHARTOITEM : result:= 'WM_CHARTOITEM '; WM_CHILDACTIVATE : result:= 'WM_CHILDACTIVATE '; WM_CLEAR : result:= 'WM_CLEAR '; WM_CLOSE : result:= 'WM_CLOSE '; WM_COMMAND : result:= 'WM_COMMAND '; WM_COMMNOTIFY : result:= 'WM_COMMNOTIFY '; WM_COMPACTING : result:= 'WM_COMPACTING '; WM_COMPAREITEM : result:= 'WM_COMPAREITEM '; WM_COPY : result:= 'WM_COPY '; WM_CREATE : result:= 'WM_CREATE '; WM_CTLCOLOR : result:= 'WM_CTLCOLOR '; WM_CUT : result:= 'WM_CUT '; WM_DDE_ACK : result:= 'WM_DDE_ACK '; WM_DDE_ADVISE : result:= 'WM_DDE_ADVISE '; WM_DDE_DATA : result:= 'WM_DDE_DATA '; WM_DDE_EXECUTE : result:= 'WM_DDE_EXECUTE '; WM_DDE_INITIATE : result:= 'WM_DDE_INITIATE '; WM_DDE_POKE : result:= 'WM_DDE_POKE '; WM_DDE_REQUEST : result:= 'WM_DDE_REQUEST '; WM_DDE_TERMINATE : result:= 'WM_DDE_TERMINATE '; WM_DDE_UNADVISE : result:= 'WM_DDE_UNADVISE '; WM_DEADCHAR : result:= 'WM_DEADCHAR '; WM_DELETEITEM : result:= 'WM_DELETEITEM '; WM_DESTROY : result:= 'WM_DESTROY '; WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD : result:= 'WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD '; WM_DEVMODECHANGE : result:= 'WM_DEVMODECHANGE '; WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD : result:= 'WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD '; WM_DRAWITEM : result:= 'WM_DRAWITEM '; WM_DROPFILES : result:= 'WM_DROPFILES '; WM_ENABLE : result:= 'WM_ENABLE '; WM_ENDSESSION : result:= 'WM_ENDSESSION '; WM_ENTERIDLE : result:= 'WM_ENTERIDLE '; WM_ERASEBKGND : result:= 'WM_ERASEBKGND '; WM_FONTCHANGE : result:= 'WM_FONTCHANGE '; WM_GETDLGCODE : result:= 'WM_GETDLGCODE '; WM_GETFONT : result:= 'WM_GETFONT '; WM_GETMINMAXINFO : result:= 'WM_GETMINMAXINFO '; WM_GETTEXT : result:= 'WM_GETTEXT '; WM_GETTEXTLENGTH : result:= 'WM_GETTEXTLENGTH '; WM_HSCROLL : result:= 'WM_HSCROLL '; WM_HSCROLLCLIPBOARD : result:= 'WM_HSCROLLCLIPBOARD '; WM_ICONERASEBKGND : result:= 'WM_ICONERASEBKGND '; WM_INITDIALOG : result:= 'WM_INITDIALOG '; WM_INITMENU : result:= 'WM_INITMENU '; WM_INITMENUPOPUP : result:= 'WM_INITMENUPOPUP '; WM_KEYDOWN : result:= 'WM_KEYDOWN '; WM_KEYUP : result:= 'WM_KEYUP '; WM_KILLFOCUS : result:= 'WM_KILLFOCUS '; WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK : result:= 'WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK '; WM_LBUTTONDOWN : result:= 'WM_LBUTTONDOWN '; WM_LBUTTONUP : result:= 'WM_LBUTTONUP '; WM_MBUTTONDBLCLK : result:= 'WM_MBUTTONDBLCLK '; WM_MBUTTONDOWN : result:= 'WM_MBUTTONDOWN '; WM_MBUTTONUP : result:= 'WM_MBUTTONUP '; WM_MDIACTIVATE : result:= 'WM_MDIACTIVATE '; WM_MDICASCADE : result:= 'WM_MDICASCADE '; WM_MDICREATE : result:= 'WM_MDICREATE '; WM_MDIDESTROY : result:= 'WM_MDIDESTROY '; WM_MDIGETACTIVE : result:= 'WM_MDIGETACTIVE '; WM_MDIICONARRANGE : result:= 'WM_MDIICONARRANGE '; WM_MDIMAXIMIZE : result:= 'WM_MDIMAXIMIZE '; WM_MDINEXT : result:= 'WM_MDINEXT '; WM_MDIRESTORE : result:= 'WM_MDIRESTORE '; WM_MDISETMENU : result:= 'WM_MDISETMENU '; WM_MDITILE : result:= 'WM_MDITILE '; WM_MEASUREITEM : result:= 'WM_MEASUREITEM '; WM_MENUCHAR : result:= 'WM_MENUCHAR '; WM_MENUSELECT : result:= 'WM_MENUSELECT '; WM_MOUSEACTIVATE : result:= 'WM_MOUSEACTIVATE '; WM_MOUSEMOVE : result:= 'WM_MOUSEMOVE '; WM_MOVE : result:= 'WM_MOVE '; WM_NCACTIVATE : result:= 'WM_NCACTIVATE '; WM_NCCALCSIZE : result:= 'WM_NCCALCSIZE '; WM_NCCREATE : result:= 'WM_NCCREATE '; WM_NCDESTROY : result:= 'WM_NCDESTROY '; WM_NCHITTEST : result:= 'WM_NCHITTEST '; WM_NCLBUTTONDBLCLK : result:= 'WM_NCLBUTTONDBLCLK '; WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN : result:= 'WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN '; WM_NCLBUTTONUP : result:= 'WM_NCLBUTTONUP '; WM_NCMBUTTONDBLCLK : result:= 'WM_NCMBUTTONDBLCLK '; WM_NCMBUTTONDOWN : result:= 'WM_NCMBUTTONDOWN '; WM_NCMBUTTONUP : result:= 'WM_NCMBUTTONUP '; WM_NCMOUSEMOVE : result:= 'WM_NCMOUSEMOVE '; WM_NCPAINT : result:= 'WM_NCPAINT '; WM_NCRBUTTONDBLCLK : result:= 'WM_NCRBUTTONDBLCLK '; WM_NCRBUTTONDOWN : result:= 'WM_NCRBUTTONDOWN '; WM_NCRBUTTONUP : result:= 'WM_NCRBUTTONUP '; WM_NEXTDLGCTL : result:= 'WM_NEXTDLGCTL '; WM_PAINT : result:= 'WM_PAINT '; WM_PAINTCLIPBOARD : result:= 'WM_PAINTCLIPBOARD '; WM_PALETTECHANGED : result:= 'WM_PALETTECHANGED '; WM_PALETTEISCHANGING : result:= 'WM_PALETTEISCHANGING '; WM_PARENTNOTIFY : result:= 'WM_PARENTNOTIFY '; WM_PASTE : result:= 'WM_PASTE '; WM_POWER : result:= 'WM_POWER '; WM_QUERYDRAGICON : result:= 'WM_QUERYDRAGICON '; WM_QUERYENDSESSION : result:= 'WM_QUERYENDSESSION '; WM_QUERYNEWPALETTE : result:= 'WM_QUERYNEWPALETTE '; WM_QUERYOPEN : result:= 'WM_QUERYOPEN '; WM_QUEUESYNC : result:= 'WM_QUEUESYNC '; WM_QUIT : result:= 'WM_QUIT '; WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK : result:= 'WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK '; WM_RBUTTONDOWN : result:= 'WM_RBUTTONDOWN '; WM_RBUTTONUP : result:= 'WM_RBUTTONUP '; WM_RENDERALLFORMATS : result:= 'WM_RENDERALLFORMATS '; WM_RENDERFORMAT : result:= 'WM_RENDERFORMAT '; WM_SETCURSOR : result:= 'WM_SETCURSOR '; WM_SETFOCUS : result:= 'WM_SETFOCUS '; WM_SETFONT : result:= 'WM_SETFONT '; WM_SETREDRAW : result:= 'WM_SETREDRAW '; WM_SETTEXT : result:= 'WM_SETTEXT '; WM_SHOWWINDOW : result:= 'WM_SHOWWINDOW '; WM_SIZE : result:= 'WM_SIZE '; WM_SIZECLIPBOARD : result:= 'WM_SIZECLIPBOARD '; WM_SPOOLERSTATUS : result:= 'WM_SPOOLERSTATUS '; WM_SYSCHAR : result:= 'WM_SYSCHAR '; WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE : result:= 'WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE '; WM_SYSCOMMAND : result:= 'WM_SYSCOMMAND '; WM_SYSDEADCHAR : result:= 'WM_SYSDEADCHAR '; WM_SYSKEYDOWN : result:= 'WM_SYSKEYDOWN '; WM_SYSKEYUP : result:= 'WM_SYSKEYUP '; WM_SYSTEMERROR : result:= 'WM_SYSTEMERROR '; WM_TIMECHANGE : result:= 'WM_TIMECHANGE '; WM_TIMER : result:= 'WM_TIMER '; WM_UNDO : result:= 'WM_UNDO '; WM_USER : result:= 'WM_USER '; WM_VKEYTOITEM : result:= 'WM_VKEYTOITEM '; WM_VSCROLL : result:= 'WM_VSCROLL '; WM_VSCROLLCLIPBOARD : result:= 'WM_VSCROLLCLIPBOARD '; WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED : result:= 'WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED '; WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING : result:= 'WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING '; WM_WININICHANGE : result:= 'WM_WININICHANGE '; You can use these messages using this example: private procedure lik(var Msg:TWMNCHITTEST);message WM_NCHITTEST; public procedure TForm1.lik(var Msg:TWMNCHITTEST); begin inherited; if tx=true then begin if Msg.Result=Windows.HTMINBUTTON then Application.Minimize else if Msg.Result=Windows.HTCLOSE then Close; end; end; I have could writen much here but my hand hurts!