Re: Problem with explorer desktop and PAINT messages

[Alexandre Julliard]

Jesse Allen  writes:
> There is a problem with explorer managing the desktop and the sending of
> PAINT messages. I've narrowed it down to the following area. In
> dlls/user/message.c wait_message_reply(), if QS_PAINT are the bits we get, 
> and we call MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, it seems to block the process
> indefinitely. Should another process be replying here? I decided to
> make the function return if we get QS_PAINT. Now my app doesn't hang and 
> paints properly. Any ideas what I should be looking for or know?

If we are in wait_message_reply the other process is supposed to
reply. You should check what message this is, and why it doesn't get
replied to.