A good source for WINAPI messages, message hierarchies, initialization routines

Does anyone know where can I find a good reso开发者_C百科urce on WINAPI messages?

The information on MSDN has a very good document on each message alone, but the global picture is still foggy for me.

Say if I override WM_NCCALCSIZE to override the frame non-client area and extend the client area to whole window, who will take care of the close buttons and stuff? Who fire HITTESTS. In what order WM_SIZE, WM_CREATE, WM_ACTIVATE are fired? Are there any other messages that are good points to override the base functionality?

Every time I override a message like WM_SIZE, I always feel unsure if there are no other linked messages like WM_SIZING that have to be overrided as well. And I can't seem find a good document on the topic.

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If you're heading for plain ole' Windows programming, I suggest you take a look at the canonical, classical book on the subject: Programming Windows, from Charles Petzold.

IF you already know it, then take a good insight at MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes), you can learn a lot from it.