Translation of WM_KEYDOWN and Timer placement

[Basim]

Hi all in my application i have two hooks and these are Journal Recrod and GetMessage Hook, due to some reasons now i want to minimize the code and logic that i have wrriten in GetMessage Hook.

The first query in this regard is that how can i translate a WM_KEYDOWN message to WM_CHAR because i am receving a WM_CHAR inside GetMessage and this would not be availble to me in JOURNAL RECORD.

Another question is that in the WM_LBUTTONDOWN of GetMessage i am setting up a timer and then appropriate code inase of WM_TIMER is also in GetMessage, is it possible that i setup the Timer in JOURNAL RECORD and then capture the WM_TIMER message in WNDPROC hook because i might be using WNDPROC instead of GetMessage

hope that i have made clear my point
thanx in advance
regards

Basim

[JasonD]

To answer your first question, can't you use the TranslateMessage Function (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/messagesandmessagequeues/messagesandmessagequeuesreference/messagesandmessagequeuesfunctions/translatemessage.asp) to translate your virtual key messages into character messages, just as in a regular windows program?