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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Initial results
are looking good, thanks Xander!&nbsp; Initially I had to &#8220;Use&#8221; the
Controls and Messages units, which bloated the exe again.&nbsp; But went
through and found the required constants.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll post these here in
case it is useful for someone in the future reading the archives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;const<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
WM_QUIT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
= $0012;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
WM_NCMOUSEMOVE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = $00A0;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
WM_KEYFIRST &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;= $0100;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
WM_KEYLAST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = $0108;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
WM_COMMAND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = $0111;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
WM_MOUSEMOVE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = $0200;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
WM_MOUSELAST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = $020A;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
CM_BASE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
= $B000;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
CM_ACTIVATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = CM_BASE + 0;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
CM_DEACTIVATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = CM_BASE + 1;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp; CM_APPKEYDOWN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
= CM_BASE + 22;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
CM_APPSYSCOMMAND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = CM_BASE + 23;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;
CN_BASE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
= $BC00;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Xander (GMail)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 26 January 2010 10:33 a.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG] manually process Windows messages<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Here is an extract from a class from a very old piece of code I
have. I vaguely remember researching the same topic at the time. See whether
this will work for you (just call the ProcessMessages() method):<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>//------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>procedure TMain.ProcessMessages;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; while ProcessMessage do {loop};<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>end;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>//------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>function TMain.ProcessMessage: Boolean;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>var<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; Msg: TMsg;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; Result := False;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; if PeekMessage(Msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE) then<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Result := True;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if Msg.Message &lt;&gt; WM_QUIT then<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if not IsHintMsg(Msg) and not
IsKeyMsg(Msg)&nbsp; then<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TranslateMessage(Msg);<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DispatchMessage(Msg);<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; end;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>end;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>//------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>function TMain.IsHintMsg(var Msg: TMsg): Boolean;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; with Msg do<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Result := ((Message &gt;= WM_KEYFIRST) and
(Message &lt;= WM_KEYLAST)) or<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ((Message = CM_ACTIVATE) or (Message
= CM_DEACTIVATE)) or<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Message = CM_APPKEYDOWN) or
(Message = CM_APPSYSCOMMAND) or<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Message = WM_COMMAND) or ((Message
&gt; WM_MOUSEMOVE) and<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Message &lt;= WM_MOUSELAST)) or
(Message = WM_NCMOUSEMOVE);<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>end;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>//------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>function TMain.IsKeyMsg(var Msg: TMsg): Boolean;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>var<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; WND: HWND;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; Result := False;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp; with Msg do<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (Message &gt;= WM_KEYFIRST) and (Message
&lt;= WM_KEYLAST) and<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (GetCapture = 0) then<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wnd := HWnd;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if SendMessage(Wnd, CN_BASE +
Message, WParam, LParam) &lt;&gt; 0 then<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Result := True;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:navy'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:navy'>Xander<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jolyon Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG] manually process Windows messages</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I wouldn&#8217;t expect that at all.&nbsp; I
forget the details of why, but using the Forms unit unavoidably drags in a
whole host of VCL code.&nbsp; This is easily tested, just try compiling:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>program Vacuum;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>And you get an EXE of 22KB.&nbsp; Simply
adding a &#8220;uses Forms;&#8221;, even without referencing anything from the
Forms unit in the &#8220;code&#8221; and your equally non-functional vacuum.exe
&#8220;explodes&#8221; to 382KB (BDS2006).<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Having said that, 382KB is not exactly
excessive &#8220;bloat&#8221; in my book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>So my question for the original poster is
what criteria is it that demands that the executable absolutely has to avoid
this overhead?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#993366'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Bird<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 26 January 2010 9:55 a.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG] manually process Windows messages<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I would expect if you specify Forms (to get
Application.ProcessMessages) and only call that and nothing else from
Forms&nbsp;then you will only get what functions are&nbsp;needed linked into
your application - I suggest you try it and see how much bigger it makes the
application.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D'>I&#8217;ve looked at what Application.ProcessMessages does but
I&#8217;m not sure what I need to get this working.&nbsp; Any thoughts
appreciated, or some code </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ross.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Tauranga.</span><span lang=EN-US
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