Re: [Boost-users] Connecting Windows Messages/Events with Boost callbacks

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Connecting Windows Messages/Events with Boost callbacks
From: Igor R (boost.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-24 08:42:15

> The thing that I don't understand is that how folks such as those from
> SmartWin++ are able to seemlessly connect functions with Windows messages
> without using a case statement in a message loop. An example is at the
> following page:
>
> http://smartwin.sourceforge.net/getting_started.php

Where do you windows messages there?
All the message processing is hidden inside the framework.

> Using your approach, I need to use a case statement inside a message loop.

As you can see, struct Handler in my example doesn't have any case
statements as well.
Again: the basic, lowlevel message processing is hidden - in my
example in the "button" class, in smart win++ somewhere in
WidgetWindow or its base classes.
The *users* of the framework do not need to deal with messages as the
framewotrk exposes higher-level facilities.