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 WM_QUIT

The WM_QUIT message indicates a request to terminate an application and is generated when the application calls the PostQuitMessage function. It causes the GetMessage function to return zero.

Parameters

• wParam
  Specifies the exit code given in the PostQuitMessage function.
• lParam
  This parameter is not used.

Return Value

This message does not have a return value because it causes the message loop to terminate before the message is sent to the application's window procedure.

Remarks

The WM_QUIT message is not associated with a window and therefore will never be received through a window's window procedure. It is retrieved only by the GetMessage or PeekMessage functions.

Do not post the WM_QUIT message using the PostMessage function; use PostQuitMessage

Notification Requirements

• Minimum DLL Version None
• Header Declared in Winuser.h, include Windows.h
• Minimum operating systems Windows 95, Windows NT 3.1

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