SendMessage与PostMessage的区别?

     SendMessage() 和PostMessage()的区别在:

     1.发送消息后返回的时间.前者直到窗口执行完消息后才返回,后者向线程发送

消息后没有等消息执行完就立即返回;

      2.返回值的不同.前者返回的是消息的执行结果,因消息的不同而不同,后者返回值表示该函数执行的成功与否,

如何PostMessage执行成功,返回非0值,失败则返回0.

       附MSDN:

SendMessage

The SendMessage function sends the specified message to a window or windows. It calls the window procedure for the specified window and does not return until the window procedure has processed the message.

To send a message and return immediately, use the SendMessageCallback or SendNotifyMessage function. To post a message to a thread's message queue and return immediately, use the PostMessage or PostThreadMessage function.

LRESULT SendMessage(
  HWND hWnd,      // handle to destination window
  UINT Msg,       // message
  WPARAM wParam,  // first message parameter
  LPARAM lParam   // second message parameter
);

Parameters

hWnd

[in] Handle to the window whose window procedure will receive the message. If this parameter is HWND_BROADCAST, the message is sent to all top-level windows in the system, including disabled or invisible unowned windows, overlapped windows, and pop-up windows; but the message is not sent to child windows.

Msg

[in] Specifies the message to be sent.

wParam

[in] Specifies additional message-specific information.

lParam

[in] Specifies additional message-specific information.

Return Values

The return value specifies the result of the message processing; it depends on the message sent.

PostMessage

The PostMessage function places (posts) a message in the message queue associated with the thread that created the specified window and returns without waiting for the thread to process the message.

To post a message in the message queue associate with a thread, use the PostThreadMessage function.

BOOL PostMessage(
  HWND hWnd,      // handle to destination window
  UINT Msg,       // message
  WPARAM wParam,  // first message parameter
  LPARAM lParam   // second message parameter
);

Parameters

hWnd

[in] Handle to the window whose window procedure is to receive the message. The following values have special meanings.

Value	Meaning
HWND_BROADCAST	The message is posted to all top-level windows in the system, including disabled or invisible unowned windows, overlapped windows, and pop-up windows. The message is not posted to child windows.
NULL	The function behaves like a call to PostThreadMessage with the dwThreadId parameter set to the identifier of the current thread.

Msg

[in] Specifies the message to be posted.

wParam

[in] Specifies additional message-specific information.

lParam

[in] Specifies additional message-specific information.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.