Scroll Bar Messages (Compact 2013)

3/28/2014

The following table shows the scroll bar messages, with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element	Description
SBM_GETPOS	This message is sent by an application to retrieve the current position of the scroll box of a scroll bar control.
SBM_GETRANGE	This message is sent by an application to a scroll bar control to retrieve the minimum and maximum position values for the control.
SBM_GETSCROLLINFO	This message is sent by an application to retrieve the parameters of a scroll bar.
SBM_SETPOS	This message is sent by an application to a scroll bar control to set the position of the scroll box (thumb) and, if requested, redraw the scroll bar to reflect the new position of the scroll box.
SBM_SETRANGE	This message is sent by an application to a scroll bar control to set the minimum and maximum position values for the control.
SBM_SETRANGEREDRAW	This message is sent by an application to a scroll bar control to set the minimum and maximum position values and to redraw the control.
SBM_SETSCROLLINFO	This message is sent by an application to set the parameters of a scroll bar.
WM_CTLCOLORSCROLLBAR	This message is sent to the parent window of a scroll bar control when the control is about to be drawn.
WM_HSCROLL	This message is sent to a window when a scroll event occurs in the window's standard horizontal scroll bar.
WM_VSCROLL	This message is sent to a window when a scroll event occurs in the window's standard vertical scroll bar.

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