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Old 04-25-2005, 07:43
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Rotating the mouse sends the WM_MOUSEWHEEL message to the focus window. The DefWindowProc function propagates the message to the window's parent. There should be no internal forwarding of the message, since DefWindowProc propagates it up the parent chain until a window that processes it is found.

MSDN Under The Hood June 1997 Matt Pietrek's article may help you.
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