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The applications that rely solely on WM_VSCROLL (and WM_HSCROLL) for scroll position data have a practical maximum position value of 65,535.


The GetScrollInfo function enables applications to use 32-bit scroll positions. Although the messages that indicate scroll-bar position, WM_HSCROLL and WM_VSCROLL, provide only 16 bits of position data, the functions SetScrollInfo and GetScrollInfo provide 32 bits of scroll-bar position data. Thus, an application can call GetScrollInfo while processing either the WM_HSCROLL or WM_VSCROLL messages to obtain 32-bit scroll-bar position data.

To get the 32-bit position of the scroll box (thumb) during a SB_THUMBTRACK message in a WM_HSCROLL or WM_VSCROLL message, call GetScrollInfo with the SIF_TRACKPOS value in the fMask member of the SCROLLINFO structure. The function returns the tracking position of the scroll box in the nTrackPos member of the SCROLLINFO structure. This allows you to get the position of the scroll box as the user moves it. The following sample code illustrates the technique.

SCROLLINFO si;
case WM_HSCROLL:
switch(LOWORD(wparam)) {
case SB_THUMBTRACK:
// Initialize SCROLLINFO structure

ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(SCROLLINFO));
si.cbSize = sizeof(SCROLLINFO);
si.fMask = SIF_TRACKPOS;

// Call GetScrollInfo to get current tracking
// position in si.nTrackPos

if (!GetScrollInfo(hwnd, SB_HORZ, &si) )
return 1; // GetScrollInfo failed
break;
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}