SHSendMessageBroadcastW function (shlwapi.h)
[This function is available through Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It might be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of Windows.]
Sends a message to all top-level windows in the system.
Syntax
LRESULT SHSendMessageBroadcastW(
[in] UINT uMsg,
[in] WPARAM wParam,
[in] LPARAM lParam
);
Parameters
[in] uMsg
Type: UINT
The message to send.
[in] wParam
Type: WPARAM
Additional message-specific information.
[in] lParam
Type: LPARAM
Additional message-specific information.
Return value
Type: LRESULT
The return value is not meaningful.
Remarks
SHSendMessageBroadcast is equivalent to SendMessage with HWND_BROADCAST. To avoid causing the Shell to become unresponsive in the case where there could be a window in the system that is not responding to messages, use SHSendMessageBroadcast.
SHSendMessageBroadcast is not exported by name. SHSendMessageBroadcastA is exported from Shlwapi.dll as ordinal 432. SHSendMessageBroadcastW is exported from Shlwapi.dll as ordinal 433.
Note
The shlwapi.h header defines SHSendMessageBroadcast as an alias that automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that is not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
Requirements
Requirement | Value |
---|---|
Minimum supported client | Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only] |
Target Platform | Windows |
Header | shlwapi.h |
DLL | Shlwapi.dll (version 5.0 or later) |