I'm probably not getting the entire picture here, but I assume
from your description that CreateWindow directly calls your
WndProc. If that is the case, isn't it guaranteed that after
the base ctor runs the class has received the WM_CREATE
message? I mean, the only issue happens when you are not quite
through the ctor chain, no?
Right, what I'm saying is that it's the *subclass* who needs the
notification more, than anyone else (although, for other reasons,
the base class needs it as well).
The whole point is to get the messages to the *subclasses*
properly...
Or something else... there are a ton of situations that can
happen -- such as MDI window creation, etc. -- that don't
happen too often, but happen often enough that you simply
can't assume you can get by without allowing them to handle
the messages.)
You can use another mechanism to decide. for instance:
class Window
private bool inCreateWindow = false;
...
final public void processMessage(int message)
{
if(inCreateWindow && message == WM_CREATE)
{
// handle specially
}
...
}
this()
{
inCreateWindow = true;
window = CreateWindow(&processMessage);
inCreateWindow = false; // all WM_CREATE messages will
now go through normal mechanism.
}
}
-Steve
