Host a standard WinRT XAML control in a C++ desktop (Win32) app - Question

[petr-larin]

Hi!

I'm following the tutorial
Host a standard WinRT XAML control in a C++ desktop (Win32) app

and was wondering what is the purpose of this line in the code sample:

case WM_CREATE:
_childhWnd = CreateWindowEx(0, L"ChildWClass", NULL, WS_CHILD | WS_BORDER, 0, 0, 0, 0, hWnd, NULL, _hInstance, NULL);

_childhWnd does not get created and GetLastError() returns 1407 = Cannot find window class.

Is this WM_CREATE handler relevant in any way to the XAML island hosting demo?

Thank you

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[petr-larin]

It's quite clear that neither WM_CREATE nor WM_SIZE handlers have anything to do with XAML islands, so they should be removed from the code sample.

At the same time, the sample shows a "degenerate" example of the control, that is, a static text box. It would be good to see some dynamic UI control (a button or a slider) in action - especially how to retrieve and send messages to them from the Win32 environment?