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index f6e982303e365e63ba141e1a7b735964a927b27b..1aab7e12dd488860b4c2ec6014b2e3503c80a92c 100644 (file)
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
+#include "wx/msw/dcclient.h"
 
 #if wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
     #include "wx/tooltip.h"
     #define ETS_ASSIST          7
 #endif
 
+// define the constants used by AnimateWindow() if our SDK doesn't have them
+#ifndef AW_CENTER
+    #define AW_HOR_POSITIVE 0x00000001
+    #define AW_HOR_NEGATIVE 0x00000002
+    #define AW_VER_POSITIVE 0x00000004
+    #define AW_VER_NEGATIVE 0x00000008
+    #define AW_CENTER       0x00000010
+    #define AW_HIDE         0x00010000
+    #define AW_ACTIVATE     0x00020000
+    #define AW_SLIDE        0x00040000
+    #define AW_BLEND        0x00080000
+#endif
+
 #if defined(TME_LEAVE) && defined(WM_MOUSELEAVE) && wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
     #define HAVE_TRACKMOUSEEVENT
 #endif // everything needed for TrackMouseEvent()
 
-// if this is set to 1, we use deferred window sizing to reduce flicker when
-// resizing complicated window hierarchies, but this can in theory result in
-// different behaviour than the old code so we keep the possibility to use it
-// by setting this to 0 (in the future this should be removed completely)
-#ifdef __WXWINCE__
-#define USE_DEFERRED_SIZING 0
-#else
-#define USE_DEFERRED_SIZING 1
-#endif
-
 // set this to 1 to filter out duplicate mouse events, e.g. mouse move events
 // when mouse position didnd't change
 #ifdef __WXWINCE__
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #if wxUSE_MENUS_NATIVE
-wxMenu *wxCurrentPopupMenu = NULL;
-#endif // wxUSE_MENUS_NATIVE
-
-#ifdef __WXWINCE__
-extern       wxChar *wxCanvasClassName;
-#else
-extern const wxChar *wxCanvasClassName;
+extern wxMenu *wxCurrentPopupMenu;
 #endif
 
+namespace
+{
+
 // true if we had already created the std colour map, used by
 // wxGetStdColourMap() and wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged()           (FIXME-MT)
-static bool gs_hasStdCmap = false;
+bool gs_hasStdCmap = false;
 
 // last mouse event information we need to filter out the duplicates
 #if wxUSE_MOUSEEVENT_HACK
-static struct MouseEventInfoDummy
+struct MouseEventInfoDummy
 {
     // mouse position (in screen coordinates)
     wxPoint pos;
@@ -196,7 +197,29 @@ WX_DECLARE_HASH_MAP(int, wxWindow::MSWMessageHandler,
                     wxIntegerHash, wxIntegerEqual,
                     MSWMessageHandlers);
 
-static MSWMessageHandlers gs_messageHandlers;
+MSWMessageHandlers gs_messageHandlers;
+
+// hash containing all our windows, it uses HWND keys and wxWindow* values
+WX_DECLARE_HASH_MAP(HWND, wxWindow *,
+                    wxPointerHash, wxPointerEqual,
+                    WindowHandles);
+
+WindowHandles gs_windowHandles;
+
+#ifdef wxHAS_MSW_BACKGROUND_ERASE_HOOK
+
+// temporary override for WM_ERASEBKGND processing: we don't store this in
+// wxWindow itself as we don't need it during most of the time so don't
+// increase the size of all window objects unnecessarily
+WX_DECLARE_HASH_MAP(wxWindow *, wxWindow *,
+                    wxPointerHash, wxPointerEqual,
+                    EraseBgHooks);
+
+EraseBgHooks gs_eraseBgHooks;
+
+#endif // wxHAS_MSW_BACKGROUND_ERASE_HOOK
+
+} // anonymous namespace
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // private functions
@@ -207,13 +230,12 @@ LRESULT WXDLLEXPORT APIENTRY _EXPORT wxWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message,
                                    WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
 
 
-#ifdef  __WXDEBUG__
+#if wxDEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
     const wxChar *wxGetMessageName(int message);
-#endif  //__WXDEBUG__
+#endif  // wxDEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
 
 void wxRemoveHandleAssociation(wxWindowMSW *win);
 extern void wxAssociateWinWithHandle(HWND hWnd, wxWindowMSW *win);
-wxWindow *wxFindWinFromHandle(WXHWND hWnd);
 
 // get the text metrics for the current font
 static TEXTMETRIC wxGetTextMetrics(const wxWindowMSW *win);
@@ -237,7 +259,7 @@ static inline void wxBringWindowToTop(HWND hwnd)
     // raise top level parent to top of z order
     if (!::SetWindowPos(hwnd, HWND_TOP, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE))
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("SetWindowPos"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("SetWindowPos"));
     }
 }
 
@@ -261,12 +283,11 @@ static void EnsureParentHasControlParentStyle(wxWindow *parent)
      */
     while ( parent && !parent->IsTopLevel() )
     {
-        LONG exStyle = ::GetWindowLong(GetHwndOf(parent), GWL_EXSTYLE);
+        LONG exStyle = wxGetWindowExStyle(parent);
         if ( !(exStyle & WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT) )
         {
             // force the parent to have this style
-            ::SetWindowLong(GetHwndOf(parent), GWL_EXSTYLE,
-                            exStyle | WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT);
+            wxSetWindowExStyle(parent, exStyle | WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT);
         }
 
         parent = parent->GetParent();
@@ -410,7 +431,6 @@ wxCONSTRUCTOR_DUMMY(wxWindow)
 
 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(wxWindowMSW, wxWindowBase)
     EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(wxWindowMSW::OnSysColourChanged)
-    EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(wxWindowMSW::OnEraseBackground)
 #ifdef __WXWINCE__
     EVT_INIT_DIALOG(wxWindowMSW::OnInitDialog)
 #endif
@@ -505,21 +525,20 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWCommand(WXUINT WXUNUSED(param), WXWORD WXUNUSED(id))
 void wxWindowMSW::Init()
 {
     // MSW specific
-    m_isBeingDeleted = false;
     m_oldWndProc = NULL;
     m_mouseInWindow = false;
     m_lastKeydownProcessed = false;
 
-    m_frozenness = 0;
-
     m_hWnd = 0;
-    m_hDWP = 0;
 
     m_xThumbSize = 0;
     m_yThumbSize = 0;
 
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+    m_hDWP = 0;
     m_pendingPosition = wxDefaultPosition;
     m_pendingSize = wxDefaultSize;
+#endif // wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
 
 #ifdef __POCKETPC__
     m_contextMenuEnabled = false;
@@ -529,7 +548,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::Init()
 // Destructor
 wxWindowMSW::~wxWindowMSW()
 {
-    m_isBeingDeleted = true;
+    SendDestroyEvent();
 
 #ifndef __WXUNIVERSAL__
     // VS: make sure there's no wxFrame with last focus set to us:
@@ -563,7 +582,9 @@ wxWindowMSW::~wxWindowMSW()
         //if (::IsWindow(GetHwnd()))
         {
             if ( !::DestroyWindow(GetHwnd()) )
+            {
                 wxLogLastError(wxT("DestroyWindow"));
+            }
         }
 
         // remove hWnd <-> wxWindow association
@@ -572,6 +593,12 @@ wxWindowMSW::~wxWindowMSW()
 
 }
 
+/* static */
+const wxChar *wxWindowMSW::MSWGetRegisteredClassName()
+{
+    return wxApp::GetRegisteredClassName(wxT("wxWindow"), COLOR_BTNFACE);
+}
+
 // real construction (Init() must have been called before!)
 bool wxWindowMSW::Create(wxWindow *parent,
                          wxWindowID id,
@@ -604,7 +631,8 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::Create(wxWindow *parent,
         msflags |= WS_VISIBLE;
     }
 
-    if ( !MSWCreate(wxCanvasClassName, NULL, pos, size, msflags, exstyle) )
+    if ( !MSWCreate(MSWGetRegisteredClassName(),
+                    NULL, pos, size, msflags, exstyle) )
         return false;
 
     InheritAttributes();
@@ -619,15 +647,14 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::Create(wxWindow *parent,
 void wxWindowMSW::SetFocus()
 {
     HWND hWnd = GetHwnd();
-    wxCHECK_RET( hWnd, _T("can't set focus to invalid window") );
+    wxCHECK_RET( hWnd, wxT("can't set focus to invalid window") );
 
-#if !defined(__WXMICROWIN__) && !defined(__WXWINCE__)
+#if !defined(__WXWINCE__)
     ::SetLastError(0);
 #endif
 
     if ( !::SetFocus(hWnd) )
     {
-#if defined(__WXDEBUG__) && !defined(__WXMICROWIN__)
         // was there really an error?
         DWORD dwRes = ::GetLastError();
         if ( dwRes )
@@ -635,10 +662,9 @@ void wxWindowMSW::SetFocus()
             HWND hwndFocus = ::GetFocus();
             if ( hwndFocus != hWnd )
             {
-                wxLogApiError(_T("SetFocus"), dwRes);
+                wxLogApiError(wxT("SetFocus"), dwRes);
             }
         }
-#endif // Debug
     }
 }
 
@@ -698,6 +724,119 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::Show(bool show)
         ::ShowWindow(hWnd, show ? SW_SHOW : SW_HIDE);
     }
 
+    if ( IsFrozen() )
+    {
+        // DoFreeze/DoThaw don't do anything if the window is not shown, so
+        // we have to call them from here now
+        if ( show )
+            DoFreeze();
+        else
+            DoThaw();
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool
+wxWindowMSW::MSWShowWithEffect(bool show,
+                               wxShowEffect effect,
+                               unsigned timeout)
+{
+    if ( effect == wxSHOW_EFFECT_NONE )
+        return Show(show);
+
+    if ( !wxWindowBase::Show(show) )
+        return false;
+
+    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *AnimateWindow_t)(HWND, DWORD, DWORD);
+
+    static AnimateWindow_t s_pfnAnimateWindow = NULL;
+    static bool s_initDone = false;
+    if ( !s_initDone )
+    {
+        wxDynamicLibrary dllUser32(wxT("user32.dll"), wxDL_VERBATIM | wxDL_QUIET);
+        wxDL_INIT_FUNC(s_pfn, AnimateWindow, dllUser32);
+
+        s_initDone = true;
+
+        // notice that it's ok to unload user32.dll here as it won't be really
+        // unloaded, being still in use because we link to it statically too
+    }
+
+    if ( !s_pfnAnimateWindow )
+        return Show(show);
+
+    // Show() has a side effect of sending a WM_SIZE to the window, which helps
+    // ensuring that it's laid out correctly, but AnimateWindow() doesn't do
+    // this so send the event ourselves
+    SendSizeEvent();
+
+    // prepare to use AnimateWindow()
+
+    if ( !timeout )
+        timeout = 200; // this is the default animation timeout, per MSDN
+
+    DWORD dwFlags = show ? 0 : AW_HIDE;
+
+    switch ( effect )
+    {
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT:
+            dwFlags |= AW_HOR_NEGATIVE;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT:
+            dwFlags |= AW_HOR_POSITIVE;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP:
+            dwFlags |= AW_VER_NEGATIVE;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM:
+            dwFlags |= AW_VER_POSITIVE;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT:
+            dwFlags |= AW_SLIDE | AW_HOR_NEGATIVE;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT:
+            dwFlags |= AW_SLIDE | AW_HOR_POSITIVE;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP:
+            dwFlags |= AW_SLIDE | AW_VER_NEGATIVE;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM:
+            dwFlags |= AW_SLIDE | AW_VER_POSITIVE;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_BLEND:
+            dwFlags |= AW_BLEND;
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_EXPAND:
+            dwFlags |= AW_CENTER;
+            break;
+
+
+        case wxSHOW_EFFECT_MAX:
+            wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("invalid window show effect") );
+            return false;
+
+        default:
+            wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("unknown window show effect") );
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    if ( !(*s_pfnAnimateWindow)(GetHwnd(), timeout, dwFlags) )
+    {
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("AnimateWindow"));
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -727,14 +866,14 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoReleaseMouse()
 {
     if ( !::ReleaseCapture() )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("ReleaseCapture"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("ReleaseCapture"));
     }
 }
 
 /* static */ wxWindow *wxWindowBase::GetCapture()
 {
     HWND hwnd = ::GetCapture();
-    return hwnd ? wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND)hwnd) : (wxWindow *)NULL;
+    return hwnd ? wxFindWinFromHandle(hwnd) : NULL;
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::SetFont(const wxFont& font)
@@ -748,7 +887,11 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::SetFont(const wxFont& font)
     HWND hWnd = GetHwnd();
     if ( hWnd != 0 )
     {
-        WXHANDLE hFont = m_font.GetResourceHandle();
+        // note the use of GetFont() instead of m_font: our own font could have
+        // just been reset and in this case we need to change the font used by
+        // the native window to the default for this class, i.e. exactly what
+        // GetFont() returns
+        WXHANDLE hFont = GetFont().GetResourceHandle();
 
         wxASSERT_MSG( hFont, wxT("should have valid font") );
 
@@ -803,7 +946,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::WarpPointer(int x, int y)
 
     if ( !::SetCursorPos(x, y) )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("SetCursorPos"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("SetCursorPos"));
     }
 }
 
@@ -831,6 +974,9 @@ void wxWindowMSW::MSWUpdateUIState(int action, int state)
 // scrolling stuff
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+namespace
+{
+
 inline int GetScrollPosition(HWND hWnd, int wOrient)
 {
 #ifdef __WXMICROWIN__
@@ -846,12 +992,19 @@ inline int GetScrollPosition(HWND hWnd, int wOrient)
 #endif
 }
 
+inline UINT WXOrientToSB(int orient)
+{
+    return orient == wxHORIZONTAL ? SB_HORZ : SB_VERT;
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
 int wxWindowMSW::GetScrollPos(int orient) const
 {
     HWND hWnd = GetHwnd();
-    wxCHECK_MSG( hWnd, 0, _T("no HWND in GetScrollPos") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( hWnd, 0, wxT("no HWND in GetScrollPos") );
 
-    return GetScrollPosition(hWnd, orient == wxHORIZONTAL ? SB_HORZ : SB_VERT);
+    return GetScrollPosition(hWnd, WXOrientToSB(orient));
 }
 
 // This now returns the whole range, not just the number
@@ -862,19 +1015,13 @@ int wxWindowMSW::GetScrollRange(int orient) const
     HWND hWnd = GetHwnd();
     if ( !hWnd )
         return 0;
-#if 0
-    ::GetScrollRange(hWnd, orient == wxHORIZONTAL ? SB_HORZ : SB_VERT,
-                     &minPos, &maxPos);
-#endif
     WinStruct<SCROLLINFO> scrollInfo;
     scrollInfo.fMask = SIF_RANGE;
-    if ( !::GetScrollInfo(hWnd,
-                          orient == wxHORIZONTAL ? SB_HORZ : SB_VERT,
-                          &scrollInfo) )
+    if ( !::GetScrollInfo(hWnd, WXOrientToSB(orient), &scrollInfo) )
     {
         // Most of the time this is not really an error, since the return
         // value can also be zero when there is no scrollbar yet.
-        // wxLogLastError(_T("GetScrollInfo"));
+        // wxLogLastError(wxT("GetScrollInfo"));
     }
     maxPos = scrollInfo.nMax;
 
@@ -890,7 +1037,7 @@ int wxWindowMSW::GetScrollThumb(int orient) const
 void wxWindowMSW::SetScrollPos(int orient, int pos, bool refresh)
 {
     HWND hWnd = GetHwnd();
-    wxCHECK_RET( hWnd, _T("SetScrollPos: no HWND") );
+    wxCHECK_RET( hWnd, wxT("SetScrollPos: no HWND") );
 
     WinStruct<SCROLLINFO> info;
     info.nPage = 0;
@@ -903,8 +1050,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::SetScrollPos(int orient, int pos, bool refresh)
         info.fMask |= SIF_DISABLENOSCROLL;
     }
 
-    ::SetScrollInfo(hWnd, orient == wxHORIZONTAL ? SB_HORZ : SB_VERT,
-                    &info, refresh);
+    ::SetScrollInfo(hWnd, WXOrientToSB(orient), &info, refresh);
 }
 
 // New function that will replace some of the above.
@@ -914,28 +1060,37 @@ void wxWindowMSW::SetScrollbar(int orient,
                                int range,
                                bool refresh)
 {
+    // We have to set the variables here to make them valid in events
+    // triggered by ::SetScrollInfo()
+    *(orient == wxHORIZONTAL ? &m_xThumbSize : &m_yThumbSize) = pageSize;
+
+    HWND hwnd = GetHwnd();
+    if ( !hwnd )
+        return;
+
     WinStruct<SCROLLINFO> info;
-    info.nPage = pageSize;
-    info.nMin = 0;              // range is nMax - nMin + 1
-    info.nMax = range - 1;      //  as both nMax and nMax are inclusive
-    info.nPos = pos;
+    if ( range != -1 )
+    {
+        info.nPage = pageSize;
+        info.nMin = 0;              // range is nMax - nMin + 1
+        info.nMax = range - 1;      //  as both nMax and nMax are inclusive
+        info.nPos = pos;
+
+        // enable the scrollbar if it had been disabled before by specifying
+        // SIF_DISABLENOSCROLL below: as we can't know whether this had been
+        // done or not just do it always
+        ::EnableScrollBar(hwnd, WXOrientToSB(orient), ESB_ENABLE_BOTH);
+    }
+    //else: leave all the fields to be 0
+
     info.fMask = SIF_RANGE | SIF_PAGE | SIF_POS;
-    if ( HasFlag(wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB) )
+    if ( HasFlag(wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB) || range == -1 )
     {
         // disable scrollbar instead of removing it then
         info.fMask |= SIF_DISABLENOSCROLL;
     }
 
-    HWND hWnd = GetHwnd();
-    if ( hWnd )
-    {
-        // We have to set the variables here to make them valid in events
-        // triggered by ::SetScrollInfo()
-        *(orient == wxHORIZONTAL ? &m_xThumbSize : &m_yThumbSize) = pageSize;
-
-        ::SetScrollInfo(hWnd, orient == wxHORIZONTAL ? SB_HORZ : SB_VERT,
-                        &info, refresh);
-    }
+    ::SetScrollInfo(hwnd, WXOrientToSB(orient), &info, refresh);
 }
 
 void wxWindowMSW::ScrollWindow(int dx, int dy, const wxRect *prect)
@@ -1010,10 +1165,10 @@ void wxWindowMSW::SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir)
 #ifdef __WXWINCE__
     wxUnusedVar(dir);
 #else
-    const HWND hwnd = GetHwnd();
-    wxCHECK_RET( hwnd, _T("layout direction must be set after window creation") );
+    wxCHECK_RET( GetHwnd(),
+                 wxT("layout direction must be set after window creation") );
 
-    LONG styleOld = ::GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
+    LONG styleOld = wxGetWindowExStyle(this);
 
     LONG styleNew = styleOld;
     switch ( dir )
@@ -1027,13 +1182,13 @@ void wxWindowMSW::SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir)
             break;
 
         default:
-            wxFAIL_MSG(_T("unsupported layout direction"));
+            wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("unsupported layout direction"));
             break;
     }
 
     if ( styleNew != styleOld )
     {
-        ::SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, styleNew);
+        wxSetWindowExStyle(this, styleNew);
     }
 #endif
 }
@@ -1043,12 +1198,10 @@ wxLayoutDirection wxWindowMSW::GetLayoutDirection() const
 #ifdef __WXWINCE__
     return wxLayout_Default;
 #else
-    const HWND hwnd = GetHwnd();
-    wxCHECK_MSG( hwnd, wxLayout_Default, _T("invalid window") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( GetHwnd(), wxLayout_Default, wxT("invalid window") );
 
-    return ::GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE) & WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL
-                ? wxLayout_RightToLeft
-                : wxLayout_LeftToRight;
+    return wxHasWindowExStyle(this, WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL) ? wxLayout_RightToLeft
+                                                     : wxLayout_LeftToRight;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -1073,6 +1226,8 @@ void wxWindowMSW::SubclassWin(WXHWND hWnd)
     HWND hwnd = (HWND)hWnd;
     wxCHECK_RET( ::IsWindow(hwnd), wxT("invalid HWND in SubclassWin") );
 
+    SetHWND(hWnd);
+
     wxAssociateWinWithHandle(hwnd, this);
 
     m_oldWndProc = (WXFARPROC)wxGetWindowProc((HWND)hWnd);
@@ -1094,7 +1249,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::SubclassWin(WXHWND hWnd)
 
     // we're officially created now, send the event
     wxWindowCreateEvent event((wxWindow *)this);
-    (void)GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    (void)HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 void wxWindowMSW::UnsubclassWin()
@@ -1126,12 +1281,14 @@ void wxWindowMSW::AssociateHandle(WXWidget handle)
     if ( m_hWnd )
     {
       if ( !::DestroyWindow(GetHwnd()) )
+      {
         wxLogLastError(wxT("DestroyWindow"));
+      }
     }
 
     WXHWND wxhwnd = (WXHWND)handle;
 
-    SetHWND(wxhwnd);
+    // this also calls SetHWND(wxhwnd)
     SubclassWin(wxhwnd);
 }
 
@@ -1145,36 +1302,12 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DissociateHandle()
 bool wxCheckWindowWndProc(WXHWND hWnd,
                           WXFARPROC WXUNUSED(wndProc))
 {
-// TODO: This list of window class names should be factored out so they can be
-// managed in one place and then accessed from here and other places, such as
-// wxApp::RegisterWindowClasses() and wxApp::UnregisterWindowClasses()
+    const wxString str(wxGetWindowClass(hWnd));
 
-#ifdef __WXWINCE__
-    extern       wxChar *wxCanvasClassName;
-    extern       wxChar *wxCanvasClassNameNR;
-#else
-    extern const wxChar *wxCanvasClassName;
-    extern const wxChar *wxCanvasClassNameNR;
-#endif
-    extern const wxChar *wxMDIFrameClassName;
-    extern const wxChar *wxMDIFrameClassNameNoRedraw;
-    extern const wxChar *wxMDIChildFrameClassName;
-    extern const wxChar *wxMDIChildFrameClassNameNoRedraw;
-    wxString str(wxGetWindowClass(hWnd));
-    if (str == wxCanvasClassName ||
-        str == wxCanvasClassNameNR ||
-#if wxUSE_GLCANVAS
-        str == _T("wxGLCanvasClass") ||
-        str == _T("wxGLCanvasClassNR") ||
-#endif // wxUSE_GLCANVAS
-        str == wxMDIFrameClassName ||
-        str == wxMDIFrameClassNameNoRedraw ||
-        str == wxMDIChildFrameClassName ||
-        str == wxMDIChildFrameClassNameNoRedraw ||
-        str == _T("wxTLWHiddenParent"))
-        return true; // Effectively means don't subclass
-    else
-        return false;
+    // TODO: get rid of wxTLWHiddenParent special case (currently it's not
+    //       registered by wxApp but using ad hoc code in msw/toplevel.cpp);
+    //       there is also a hidden window class used by sockets &c
+    return wxApp::IsRegisteredClassName(str) || str == wxT("wxTLWHiddenParent");
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1257,14 +1390,14 @@ void wxWindowMSW::MSWUpdateStyle(long flagsOld, long exflagsOld)
     }
 
     // and the extended style
-    long exstyleReal = ::GetWindowLong(GetHwnd(), GWL_EXSTYLE);
+    long exstyleReal = wxGetWindowExStyle(this);
 
     if ( exstyle != exstyleOld )
     {
         exstyleReal &= ~exstyleOld;
         exstyleReal |= exstyle;
 
-        ::SetWindowLong(GetHwnd(), GWL_EXSTYLE, exstyleReal);
+        wxSetWindowExStyle(this, exstyleReal);
 
         // ex style changes don't take effect without calling SetWindowPos
         callSWP = true;
@@ -1281,7 +1414,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::MSWUpdateStyle(long flagsOld, long exflagsOld)
                              0, 0, 0, 0,
                              SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_FRAMECHANGED) )
         {
-            wxLogLastError(_T("SetWindowPos"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("SetWindowPos"));
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1296,7 +1429,7 @@ wxBorder wxWindowMSW::GetDefaultBorder() const
     return wxWindowBase::GetDefaultBorder();
 }
 
-// Translate wxBORDER_THEME (and other border styles if necessary to the value
+// Translate wxBORDER_THEME (and other border styles if necessary) to the value
 // that makes most sense for this Windows environment
 wxBorder wxWindowMSW::TranslateBorder(wxBorder border) const
 {
@@ -1315,6 +1448,7 @@ wxBorder wxWindowMSW::TranslateBorder(wxBorder border) const
             if (theme)
                 return wxBORDER_THEME;
         }
+        return wxBORDER_SUNKEN;
     }
 #endif
     return border;
@@ -1374,7 +1508,7 @@ WXDWORD wxWindowMSW::MSWGetStyle(long flags, WXDWORD *exstyle) const
         {
             default:
             case wxBORDER_DEFAULT:
-                wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unknown border style") );
+                wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("unknown border style") );
                 // fall through
 
             case wxBORDER_NONE:
@@ -1455,7 +1589,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::OnInternalIdle()
     }
 #endif // !HAVE_TRACKMOUSEEVENT
 
-    if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this) && IsShown())
+    if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this) && IsShownOnScreen())
         UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
 }
 
@@ -1471,7 +1605,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::Reparent(wxWindowBase *parent)
     ::SetParent(hWndChild, hWndParent);
 
 #ifndef __WXWINCE__
-    if ( ::GetWindowLong(hWndChild, GWL_EXSTYLE) & WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT )
+    if ( wxHasWindowExStyle(this, WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT) )
     {
         EnsureParentHasControlParentStyle(GetParent());
     }
@@ -1487,30 +1621,24 @@ static inline void SendSetRedraw(HWND hwnd, bool on)
 #endif
 }
 
-void wxWindowMSW::Freeze()
+void wxWindowMSW::DoFreeze()
 {
-    if ( !m_frozenness++ )
-    {
-        if ( IsShown() )
-            SendSetRedraw(GetHwnd(), false);
-    }
+    if ( !IsShown() )
+        return; // no point in freezing hidden window
+
+    SendSetRedraw(GetHwnd(), false);
 }
 
-void wxWindowMSW::Thaw()
+void wxWindowMSW::DoThaw()
 {
-    wxASSERT_MSG( m_frozenness > 0, _T("Thaw() without matching Freeze()") );
+    if ( !IsShown() )
+        return; // hidden windows aren't frozen by DoFreeze
 
-    if ( --m_frozenness == 0 )
-    {
-        if ( IsShown() )
-        {
-            SendSetRedraw(GetHwnd(), true);
+    SendSetRedraw(GetHwnd(), true);
 
-            // we need to refresh everything or otherwise the invalidated area
-            // is not going to be repainted
-            Refresh();
-        }
-    }
+    // we need to refresh everything or otherwise the invalidated area
+    // is not going to be repainted
+    Refresh();
 }
 
 void wxWindowMSW::Refresh(bool eraseBack, const wxRect *rect)
@@ -1547,7 +1675,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::Update()
 {
     if ( !::UpdateWindow(GetHwnd()) )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("UpdateWindow"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("UpdateWindow"));
     }
 
 #if !defined(__WXMICROWIN__) && !defined(__WXWINCE__)
@@ -1649,11 +1777,11 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoSetToolTip(wxToolTip *tooltip)
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::IsSizeDeferred() const
 {
-#if USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     if ( m_pendingPosition != wxDefaultPosition ||
          m_pendingSize     != wxDefaultSize )
         return true;
-#endif // USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#endif // wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
 
     return false;
 }
@@ -1661,7 +1789,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::IsSizeDeferred() const
 // Get total size
 void wxWindowMSW::DoGetSize(int *x, int *y) const
 {
-#if USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     // if SetSize() had been called at wx level but not realized at Windows
     // level yet (i.e. EndDeferWindowPos() not called), we still should return
     // the new and not the old position to the other wx code
@@ -1673,7 +1801,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoGetSize(int *x, int *y) const
             *y = m_pendingSize.y;
     }
     else // use current size
-#endif // USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#endif // wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     {
         RECT rect = wxGetWindowRect(GetHwnd());
 
@@ -1687,7 +1815,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoGetSize(int *x, int *y) const
 // Get size *available for subwindows* i.e. excluding menu bar etc.
 void wxWindowMSW::DoGetClientSize(int *x, int *y) const
 {
-#if USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     if ( m_pendingSize != wxDefaultSize )
     {
         // we need to calculate the client size corresponding to pending size
@@ -1705,7 +1833,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoGetClientSize(int *x, int *y) const
             *y = rect.bottom - rect.top;
     }
     else
-#endif // USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#endif // wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     {
         RECT rect = wxGetClientRect(GetHwnd());
 
@@ -1806,7 +1934,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoClientToScreen(int *x, int *y) const
 bool
 wxWindowMSW::DoMoveSibling(WXHWND hwnd, int x, int y, int width, int height)
 {
-#if USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     // if our parent had prepared a defer window handle for us, use it (unless
     // we are a top level window)
     wxWindowMSW * const parent = IsTopLevel() ? NULL : GetParent();
@@ -1818,7 +1946,7 @@ wxWindowMSW::DoMoveSibling(WXHWND hwnd, int x, int y, int width, int height)
                                 SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOOWNERZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
         if ( !hdwp )
         {
-            wxLogLastError(_T("DeferWindowPos"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("DeferWindowPos"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -1836,13 +1964,13 @@ wxWindowMSW::DoMoveSibling(WXHWND hwnd, int x, int y, int width, int height)
     }
 
     // otherwise (or if deferring failed) move the window in place immediately
-#endif // USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#endif // wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     if ( !::MoveWindow((HWND)hwnd, x, y, width, height, IsShown()) )
     {
         wxLogLastError(wxT("MoveWindow"));
     }
 
-    // if USE_DEFERRED_SIZING, indicates that we didn't use deferred move,
+    // if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING, indicates that we didn't use deferred move,
     // ignored otherwise
     return false;
 }
@@ -1858,10 +1986,15 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoMoveWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height)
 
     if ( DoMoveSibling(m_hWnd, x, y, width, height) )
     {
-#if USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
         m_pendingPosition = wxPoint(x, y);
         m_pendingSize = wxSize(width, height);
-#endif // USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+    }
+    else // window was moved immediately, without deferring it
+    {
+        m_pendingPosition = wxDefaultPosition;
+        m_pendingSize = wxDefaultSize;
+#endif // wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     }
 }
 
@@ -1888,6 +2021,12 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoSetSize(int x, int y, int width, int height, int sizeFlags)
          width == currentW && height == currentH &&
             !(sizeFlags & wxSIZE_FORCE) )
     {
+        if (sizeFlags & wxSIZE_FORCE_EVENT)
+        {
+            wxSizeEvent event( wxSize(width,height), GetId() );
+            event.SetEventObject( this );
+            HandleWindowEvent( event );
+        }
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1903,7 +2042,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoSetSize(int x, int y, int width, int height, int sizeFlags)
     {
         if ( sizeFlags & wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH )
         {
-            size = DoGetBestSize();
+            size = GetBestSize();
             width = size.x;
         }
         else
@@ -1919,9 +2058,9 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoSetSize(int x, int y, int width, int height, int sizeFlags)
         {
             if ( size.x == wxDefaultCoord )
             {
-                size = DoGetBestSize();
+                size = GetBestSize();
             }
-            //else: already called DoGetBestSize() above
+            //else: already called GetBestSize() above
 
             height = size.y;
         }
@@ -1993,11 +2132,41 @@ void wxWindowMSW::DoSetClientSize(int width, int height)
                            height + heightWin - rectClient.bottom,
                            TRUE) )
         {
-            wxLogLastError(_T("MoveWindow"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("MoveWindow"));
         }
     }
 }
 
+wxSize wxWindowMSW::DoGetBorderSize() const
+{
+    wxCoord border;
+    switch ( GetBorder() )
+    {
+        case wxBORDER_STATIC:
+        case wxBORDER_SIMPLE:
+            border = 1;
+            break;
+
+        case wxBORDER_SUNKEN:
+            border = 2;
+            break;
+
+        case wxBORDER_RAISED:
+        case wxBORDER_DOUBLE:
+            border = 3;
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("unknown border style") );
+            // fall through
+
+        case wxBORDER_NONE:
+            border = 0;
+    }
+
+    return 2*wxSize(border, border);
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // text metrics
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2018,22 +2187,23 @@ int wxWindowMSW::GetCharWidth() const
 #endif
 }
 
-void wxWindowMSW::GetTextExtent(const wxString& string,
-                             int *x, int *y,
-                             int *descent, int *externalLeading,
-                             const wxFont *theFont) const
+void wxWindowMSW::DoGetTextExtent(const wxString& string,
+                                  int *x, int *y,
+                                  int *descent,
+                                  int *externalLeading,
+                                  const wxFont *fontToUse) const
 {
-    wxASSERT_MSG( !theFont || theFont->Ok(),
-                    _T("invalid font in GetTextExtent()") );
+    wxASSERT_MSG( !fontToUse || fontToUse->Ok(),
+                    wxT("invalid font in GetTextExtent()") );
 
-    wxFont fontToUse;
-    if (theFont)
-        fontToUse = *theFont;
+    HFONT hfontToUse;
+    if ( fontToUse )
+        hfontToUse = GetHfontOf(*fontToUse);
     else
-        fontToUse = GetFont();
+        hfontToUse = GetHfontOf(GetFont());
 
     WindowHDC hdc(GetHwnd());
-    SelectInHDC selectFont(hdc, GetHfontOf(fontToUse));
+    SelectInHDC selectFont(hdc, hfontToUse);
 
     SIZE sizeRect;
     TEXTMETRIC tm;
@@ -2100,7 +2270,6 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::DoPopupMenu(wxMenu *menu, int x, int y)
     point.x = x;
     point.y = y;
     ::ClientToScreen(hWnd, &point);
-    wxCurrentPopupMenu = menu;
 #if defined(__WXWINCE__)
     static const UINT flags = 0;
 #else // !__WXWINCE__
@@ -2129,8 +2298,6 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::DoPopupMenu(wxMenu *menu, int x, int y)
     // for example) and so we do need to process the event immediately
     wxYieldForCommandsOnly();
 
-    wxCurrentPopupMenu = NULL;
-
     menu->SetInvokingWindow(NULL);
 
     return true;
@@ -2246,7 +2413,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWProcessMessage(WXMSG* pMsg)
                             if ( (style & BS_OWNERDRAW) == BS_OWNERDRAW )
                             {
                                 // emulate the button click
-                                btn = wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND)msg->hwnd);
+                                btn = wxFindWinFromHandle(msg->hwnd);
                             }
 
                             bProcess = false;
@@ -2260,10 +2427,10 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWProcessMessage(WXMSG* pMsg)
                             if ( !bCtrlDown )
                             {
                                 // this will contain the dialog code of this
-                                // window and all of its parent windows
+                                // window and all of its parent windows in turn
                                 LONG lDlgCode2 = lDlgCode;
 
-                                while ( win && !win->IsTopLevel() )
+                                while ( win )
                                 {
                                     if ( lDlgCode2 & DLGC_WANTMESSAGE )
                                     {
@@ -2273,6 +2440,13 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWProcessMessage(WXMSG* pMsg)
                                         return false;
                                     }
 
+                                    // don't propagate keyboard messages beyond
+                                    // the first top level window parent
+                                    if ( win->IsTopLevel() )
+                                        break;
+
+                                    win = win->GetParent();
+
                                     lDlgCode2 = ::SendMessage
                                                   (
                                                     GetHwndOf(win),
@@ -2280,8 +2454,6 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWProcessMessage(WXMSG* pMsg)
                                                     0,
                                                     0
                                                   );
-
-                                    win = win->GetParent();
                                 }
                             }
                             else // bCtrlDown
@@ -2310,7 +2482,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWProcessMessage(WXMSG* pMsg)
                         // map Enter presses into button presses on PDAs
                         wxJoystickEvent event(wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN);
                         event.SetEventObject(this);
-                        if ( GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event) )
+                        if ( HandleWindowEvent(event) )
                             return true;
 #endif // __WXWINCE__
                     }
@@ -2328,7 +2500,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWProcessMessage(WXMSG* pMsg)
                 event.SetFromTab(bFromTab);
                 event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-                if ( GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event) )
+                if ( HandleWindowEvent(event) )
                 {
                     // as we don't call IsDialogMessage(), which would take of
                     // this by default, we need to manually send this message
@@ -2419,8 +2591,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWShouldPreProcessMessage(WXMSG* msg)
         {
             wxWindow * const win = node->GetData();
             if ( win->CanAcceptFocus() &&
-                    !(::GetWindowLong(GetHwndOf(win), GWL_EXSTYLE) &
-                        WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT) )
+                    !wxHasWindowExStyle(win, WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT) )
             {
                 // it shouldn't hang...
                 canSafelyCallIsDlgMsg = true;
@@ -2529,14 +2700,15 @@ wxWindowCreationHook::~wxWindowCreationHook()
 // Main window proc
 LRESULT WXDLLEXPORT APIENTRY _EXPORT wxWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {
-    // trace all messages - useful for the debugging
-#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
-    wxLogTrace(wxTraceMessages,
-               wxT("Processing %s(hWnd=%08lx, wParam=%8lx, lParam=%8lx)"),
-               wxGetMessageName(message), (long)hWnd, (long)wParam, lParam);
-#endif // __WXDEBUG__
+    // trace all messages: useful for the debugging but noticeably slows down
+    // the code so don't do it by default
+#if wxDEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
+    wxLogTrace("winmsg",
+               wxT("Processing %s(hWnd=%p, wParam=%08lx, lParam=%08lx)"),
+               wxGetMessageName(message), hWnd, (long)wParam, lParam);
+#endif // wxDEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
 
-    wxWindowMSW *wnd = wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND) hWnd);
+    wxWindowMSW *wnd = wxFindWinFromHandle(hWnd);
 
     // when we get the first message for the HWND we just created, we associate
     // it with wxWindow stored in gs_winBeingCreated
@@ -2672,11 +2844,11 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
             break;
 
         case WM_SETFOCUS:
-            processed = HandleSetFocus((WXHWND)(HWND)wParam);
+            processed = HandleSetFocus((WXHWND)wParam);
             break;
 
         case WM_KILLFOCUS:
-            processed = HandleKillFocus((WXHWND)(HWND)wParam);
+            processed = HandleKillFocus((WXHWND)wParam);
             break;
 
         case WM_PRINTCLIENT:
@@ -2798,7 +2970,7 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
 
                     // this should never happen
                     wxCHECK_MSG( win, 0,
-                                 _T("FindWindowForMouseEvent() returned NULL") );
+                                 wxT("FindWindowForMouseEvent() returned NULL") );
                 }
 #ifdef __POCKETPC__
                 if (IsContextMenuEnabled() && message == WM_LBUTTONDOWN)
@@ -2821,7 +2993,7 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
                         wxContextMenuEvent evtCtx(wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU, GetId(), pt);
 
                         evtCtx.SetEventObject(this);
-                        if (GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(evtCtx))
+                        if (HandleWindowEvent(evtCtx))
                         {
                             processed = true;
                             return true;
@@ -2898,23 +3070,15 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
             // for these messages we must return true if process the message
 #ifdef WM_DRAWITEM
         case WM_DRAWITEM:
-        case WM_MEASUREITEM:
-            {
-                int idCtrl = (UINT)wParam;
-                if ( message == WM_DRAWITEM )
-                {
-                    processed = MSWOnDrawItem(idCtrl,
-                                              (WXDRAWITEMSTRUCT *)lParam);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    processed = MSWOnMeasureItem(idCtrl,
-                                                 (WXMEASUREITEMSTRUCT *)lParam);
-                }
+            processed = MSWOnDrawItem(wParam, (WXDRAWITEMSTRUCT *)lParam);
+            if ( processed )
+                rc.result = TRUE;
+            break;
 
-                if ( processed )
-                    rc.result = TRUE;
-            }
+        case WM_MEASUREITEM:
+            processed = MSWOnMeasureItem(wParam, (WXMEASUREITEMSTRUCT *)lParam);
+            if ( processed )
+                rc.result = TRUE;
             break;
 #endif // defined(WM_DRAWITEM)
 
@@ -2974,6 +3138,7 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
                     case VK_SUBTRACT:
                     case VK_MULTIPLY:
                     case VK_DIVIDE:
+                    case VK_DECIMAL:
                     case VK_NUMPAD0:
                     case VK_NUMPAD1:
                     case VK_NUMPAD2:
@@ -3055,6 +3220,12 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
             break;
 #endif // wxUSE_HOTKEY
 
+        case WM_CUT:
+        case WM_COPY:
+        case WM_PASTE:
+            processed = HandleClipboardEvent(message);
+            break;
+
         case WM_HSCROLL:
         case WM_VSCROLL:
             {
@@ -3100,11 +3271,11 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
 #endif
 
         case WM_PALETTECHANGED:
-            processed = HandlePaletteChanged((WXHWND) (HWND) wParam);
+            processed = HandlePaletteChanged((WXHWND)wParam);
             break;
 
         case WM_CAPTURECHANGED:
-            processed = HandleCaptureChanged((WXHWND) (HWND) lParam);
+            processed = HandleCaptureChanged((WXHWND)lParam);
             break;
 
         case WM_SETTINGCHANGE:
@@ -3116,7 +3287,17 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
             break;
 
         case WM_ERASEBKGND:
-            processed = HandleEraseBkgnd((WXHDC)(HDC)wParam);
+            {
+#ifdef wxHAS_MSW_BACKGROUND_ERASE_HOOK
+                // check if an override was configured for this window
+                EraseBgHooks::const_iterator it = gs_eraseBgHooks.find(this);
+                if ( it != gs_eraseBgHooks.end() )
+                    processed = it->second->MSWEraseBgHook((WXHDC)wParam);
+                else
+#endif // wxHAS_MSW_BACKGROUND_ERASE_HOOK
+                    processed = HandleEraseBkgnd((WXHDC)wParam);
+            }
+
             if ( processed )
             {
                 // we processed the message, i.e. erased the background
@@ -3131,7 +3312,7 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
 #endif
 
         case WM_INITDIALOG:
-            processed = HandleInitDialog((WXHWND)(HWND)wParam);
+            processed = HandleInitDialog((WXHWND)wParam);
 
             if ( processed )
             {
@@ -3155,7 +3336,7 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
 #endif
 
         case WM_SETCURSOR:
-            processed = HandleSetCursor((WXHWND)(HWND)wParam,
+            processed = HandleSetCursor((WXHWND)wParam,
                                         LOWORD(lParam),     // hit test
                                         HIWORD(lParam));    // mouse msg
 
@@ -3209,14 +3390,14 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
                                 );
 
                     helpEvent.SetEventObject(this);
-                    GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(helpEvent);
+                    HandleWindowEvent(helpEvent);
 #ifndef __WXWINCE__
                 }
                 else if ( info->iContextType == HELPINFO_MENUITEM )
                 {
                     wxHelpEvent helpEvent(wxEVT_HELP, info->iCtrlId);
                     helpEvent.SetEventObject(this);
-                    GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(helpEvent);
+                    HandleWindowEvent(helpEvent);
 
                 }
                 else // unknown help event?
@@ -3240,16 +3421,17 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
                 // we could have got an event from our child, reflect it back
                 // to it if this is the case
                 wxWindowMSW *win = NULL;
-                if ( (WXHWND)wParam != m_hWnd )
+                WXHWND hWnd = (WXHWND)wParam;
+                if ( hWnd != m_hWnd )
                 {
-                    win = FindItemByHWND((WXHWND)wParam);
+                    win = FindItemByHWND(hWnd);
                 }
 
                 if ( !win )
                     win = this;
 
                 evtCtx.SetEventObject(win);
-                processed = win->GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(evtCtx);
+                processed = win->HandleWindowEvent(evtCtx);
             }
             break;
 #endif
@@ -3292,32 +3474,43 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
                     rc.result = MSWDefWindowProc(message, wParam, lParam);
                     processed = true;
 
-                    // now alter the client size making room for drawing a themed border
+                    // now alter the client size making room for drawing a
+                    // themed border
+                    RECT *rect;
                     NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS *csparam = NULL;
-                    RECT rect;
-                    if (wParam)
+                    if ( wParam )
                     {
-                        csparam = (NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS*)lParam;
-                        rect = csparam->rgrc[0];
+                        csparam = (NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS *)lParam;
+                        rect = &csparam->rgrc[0];
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        rect = *((RECT*)lParam);
+                        rect = (RECT *)lParam;
                     }
-                    wxUxThemeHandle hTheme((wxWindow *)this, L"EDIT");
+
+                    wxUxThemeHandle hTheme((const wxWindow *)this, L"EDIT");
                     RECT rcClient = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
                     wxClientDC dc((wxWindow *)this);
+                    wxMSWDCImpl *impl = (wxMSWDCImpl*) dc.GetImpl();
 
-                    if (theme->GetThemeBackgroundContentRect(
-                            hTheme, GetHdcOf(dc), EP_EDITTEXT, ETS_NORMAL,
-                            &rect, &rcClient) == S_OK)
+                    if ( theme->GetThemeBackgroundContentRect
+                                (
+                                 hTheme,
+                                 GetHdcOf(*impl),
+                                 EP_EDITTEXT,
+                                 ETS_NORMAL,
+                                 rect,
+                                 &rcClient) == S_OK )
                     {
                         InflateRect(&rcClient, -1, -1);
                         if (wParam)
                             csparam->rgrc[0] = rcClient;
                         else
                             *((RECT*)lParam) = rcClient;
-                        rc.result = WVR_REDRAW;
+
+                        // WVR_REDRAW triggers a bug whereby child windows are moved up and left,
+                        // so don't use.
+                        // rc.result = WVR_REDRAW;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -3333,8 +3526,9 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
                     rc.result = MSWDefWindowProc(message, wParam, lParam);
                     processed = true;
 
-                    wxUxThemeHandle hTheme((wxWindow *)this, L"EDIT");
+                    wxUxThemeHandle hTheme((const wxWindow *)this, L"EDIT");
                     wxWindowDC dc((wxWindow *)this);
+                    wxMSWDCImpl *impl = (wxMSWDCImpl*) dc.GetImpl();
 
                     // Clip the DC so that you only draw on the non-client area
                     RECT rcBorder;
@@ -3342,16 +3536,16 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
 
                     RECT rcClient;
                     theme->GetThemeBackgroundContentRect(
-                        hTheme, GetHdcOf(dc), EP_EDITTEXT, ETS_NORMAL, &rcBorder, &rcClient);
+                        hTheme, GetHdcOf(*impl), EP_EDITTEXT, ETS_NORMAL, &rcBorder, &rcClient);
                     InflateRect(&rcClient, -1, -1);
 
-                    ::ExcludeClipRect(GetHdcOf(dc), rcClient.left, rcClient.top,
+                    ::ExcludeClipRect(GetHdcOf(*impl), rcClient.left, rcClient.top,
                                       rcClient.right, rcClient.bottom);
 
                     // Make sure the background is in a proper state
                     if (theme->IsThemeBackgroundPartiallyTransparent(hTheme, EP_EDITTEXT, ETS_NORMAL))
                     {
-                        theme->DrawThemeParentBackground(GetHwnd(), GetHdcOf(dc), &rcBorder);
+                        theme->DrawThemeParentBackground(GetHwnd(), GetHdcOf(*impl), &rcBorder);
                     }
 
                     // Draw the border
@@ -3363,7 +3557,7 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
                     //    nState = ETS_READONLY;
                     else
                         nState = ETS_NORMAL;
-                    theme->DrawThemeBackground(hTheme, GetHdcOf(dc), EP_EDITTEXT, nState, &rcBorder, NULL);
+                    theme->DrawThemeBackground(hTheme, GetHdcOf(*impl), EP_EDITTEXT, nState, &rcBorder, NULL);
                 }
             }
             break;
@@ -3382,10 +3576,10 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
 
     if ( !processed )
     {
-#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
-        wxLogTrace(wxTraceMessages, wxT("Forwarding %s to DefWindowProc."),
+#if wxDEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
+        wxLogTrace("winmsg", wxT("Forwarding %s to DefWindowProc."),
                    wxGetMessageName(message));
-#endif // __WXDEBUG__
+#endif // wxDEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
         rc.result = MSWDefWindowProc(message, wParam, lParam);
     }
 
@@ -3396,38 +3590,44 @@ WXLRESULT wxWindowMSW::MSWWindowProc(WXUINT message, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM l
 // wxWindow <-> HWND map
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-wxWinHashTable *wxWinHandleHash = NULL;
-
-wxWindow *wxFindWinFromHandle(WXHWND hWnd)
+wxWindow *wxFindWinFromHandle(HWND hwnd)
 {
-    return (wxWindow*)wxWinHandleHash->Get((long)hWnd);
+    WindowHandles::const_iterator i = gs_windowHandles.find(hwnd);
+    return i == gs_windowHandles.end() ? NULL : i->second;
 }
 
-void wxAssociateWinWithHandle(HWND hWnd, wxWindowMSW *win)
+void wxAssociateWinWithHandle(HWND hwnd, wxWindowMSW *win)
 {
-    // adding NULL hWnd is (first) surely a result of an error and
+    // adding NULL hwnd is (first) surely a result of an error and
     // (secondly) breaks menu command processing
-    wxCHECK_RET( hWnd != (HWND)NULL,
-                 wxT("attempt to add a NULL hWnd to window list ignored") );
+    wxCHECK_RET( hwnd != (HWND)NULL,
+                 wxT("attempt to add a NULL hwnd to window list ignored") );
 
-    wxWindow *oldWin = wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND) hWnd);
-#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
-    if ( oldWin && (oldWin != win) )
-    {
-        wxLogDebug(wxT("HWND %X already associated with another window (%s)"),
-                   (int) hWnd, win->GetClassInfo()->GetClassName());
-    }
-    else
-#endif // __WXDEBUG__
-    if (!oldWin)
+#if wxDEBUG_LEVEL
+    WindowHandles::const_iterator i = gs_windowHandles.find(hwnd);
+    if ( i != gs_windowHandles.end() )
     {
-        wxWinHandleHash->Put((long)hWnd, (wxWindow *)win);
+        if ( i->second != win )
+        {
+            wxFAIL_MSG(
+                wxString::Format(
+                    wxT("HWND %p already associated with another window (%s)"),
+                    hwnd, win->GetClassInfo()->GetClassName()
+                )
+            );
+        }
+        //else: this actually happens currently because we associate the window
+        //      with its HWND during creation (if we create it) and also when
+        //      SubclassWin() is called later, this is ok
     }
+#endif // wxDEBUG_LEVEL
+
+    gs_windowHandles[hwnd] = (wxWindow *)win;
 }
 
 void wxRemoveHandleAssociation(wxWindowMSW *win)
 {
-    wxWinHandleHash->Delete((long)win->GetHWND());
+    gs_windowHandles.erase(GetHwndOf(win));
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3541,6 +3741,17 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWCreate(const wxChar *wclass,
                             WXDWORD style,
                             WXDWORD extendedStyle)
 {
+    // check a common bug in the user code: if the window is created with a
+    // non-default ctor and Create() is called too, we'd create 2 HWND for a
+    // single wxWindow object and this results in all sorts of trouble,
+    // especially for wxTLWs
+    wxCHECK_MSG( !m_hWnd, true, "window can't be recreated" );
+
+    // this can happen if this function is called using the return value of
+    // wxApp::GetRegisteredClassName() which failed
+    wxCHECK_MSG( wclass, false, "failed to register window class?" );
+
+
     // choose the position/size for the new window
     int x, y, w, h;
     (void)MSWGetCreateWindowCoords(pos, size, x, y, w, h);
@@ -3555,7 +3766,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWCreate(const wxChar *wclass,
     wxString className(wclass);
     if ( !HasFlag(wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE) )
     {
-        className += wxT("NR");
+        className += wxApp::GetNoRedrawClassSuffix();
     }
 
     // do create the window
@@ -3569,7 +3780,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWCreate(const wxChar *wclass,
                         style,
                         x, y, w, h,
                         (HWND)MSWGetParent(),
-                        (HMENU)controlId,
+                        (HMENU)wxUIntToPtr(controlId),
                         wxGetInstance(),
                         NULL                        // no extra data
                        );
@@ -3599,7 +3810,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleNotify(int idCtrl, WXLPARAM lParam, WXLPARAM *result)
 #ifndef __WXMICROWIN__
     LPNMHDR hdr = (LPNMHDR)lParam;
     HWND hWnd = hdr->hwndFrom;
-    wxWindow *win = wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND)hWnd);
+    wxWindow *win = wxFindWinFromHandle(hWnd);
 
     // if the control is one of our windows, let it handle the message itself
     if ( win )
@@ -3693,7 +3904,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleTooltipNotify(WXUINT code,
 
         if ( !len )
         {
-            wxLogLastError(_T("MultiByteToWideChar()"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("MultiByteToWideChar()"));
         }
 
         buf[len] = L'\0';
@@ -3706,8 +3917,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleTooltipNotify(WXUINT code,
         // if we got TTN_NEEDTEXTW in Unicode build: in this case we just have
         // to copy the string we have into the buffer
         static wxChar buf[513];
-        wxStrncpy(buf, ttip.c_str(), WXSIZEOF(buf) - 1);
-        buf[WXSIZEOF(buf) - 1] = _T('\0');
+        wxStrlcpy(buf, ttip.c_str(), WXSIZEOF(buf));
         ttText->lpszText = buf;
     }
 
@@ -3780,7 +3990,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleEndSession(bool endSession, long logOff)
     wxCloseEvent event(wxEVT_END_SESSION, wxID_ANY);
     event.SetEventObject(wxTheApp);
     event.SetCanVeto(false);
-    event.SetLoggingOff( (logOff == (long)ENDSESSION_LOGOFF) );
+    event.SetLoggingOff((logOff & ENDSESSION_LOGOFF) != 0);
 
     return wxTheApp->ProcessEvent(event);
 #else
@@ -3812,8 +4022,6 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleCreate(WXLPCREATESTRUCT WXUNUSED_IN_WINCE(cs),
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleDestroy()
 {
-    SendDestroyEvent();
-
     // delete our drop target if we've got one
 #if wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP
     if ( m_dropTarget != NULL )
@@ -3842,7 +4050,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleActivate(int state,
                           m_windowId);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSetFocus(WXHWND hwnd)
@@ -3857,7 +4065,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSetFocus(WXHWND hwnd)
     // notify the parent keeping track of focus for the kbd navigation
     // purposes that we got it
     wxChildFocusEvent eventFocus((wxWindow *)this);
-    (void)GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(eventFocus);
+    (void)HandleWindowEvent(eventFocus);
 
 #if wxUSE_CARET
     // Deal with caret
@@ -3867,22 +4075,13 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSetFocus(WXHWND hwnd)
     }
 #endif // wxUSE_CARET
 
-#if wxUSE_TEXTCTRL
-    // If it's a wxTextCtrl don't send the event as it will be done
-    // after the control gets to process it from EN_FOCUS handler
-    if ( wxDynamicCastThis(wxTextCtrl) )
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-#endif // wxUSE_TEXTCTRL
-
     wxFocusEvent event(wxEVT_SET_FOCUS, m_windowId);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
     // wxFindWinFromHandle() may return NULL, it is ok
     event.SetWindow(wxFindWinFromHandle(hwnd));
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleKillFocus(WXHWND hwnd)
@@ -3895,16 +4094,6 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleKillFocus(WXHWND hwnd)
     }
 #endif // wxUSE_CARET
 
-#if wxUSE_TEXTCTRL
-    // If it's a wxTextCtrl don't send the event as it will be done
-    // after the control gets to process it.
-    wxTextCtrl *ctrl = wxDynamicCastThis(wxTextCtrl);
-    if ( ctrl )
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-#endif
-
     // Don't send the event when in the process of being deleted.  This can
     // only cause problems if the event handler tries to access the object.
     if ( m_isBeingDeleted )
@@ -3918,7 +4107,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleKillFocus(WXHWND hwnd)
     // wxFindWinFromHandle() may return NULL, it is ok
     event.SetWindow(wxFindWinFromHandle(hwnd));
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3944,7 +4133,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleShow(bool show, int WXUNUSED(status))
     wxShowEvent event(GetId(), show);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleInitDialog(WXHWND WXUNUSED(hWndFocus))
@@ -3952,7 +4141,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleInitDialog(WXHWND WXUNUSED(hWndFocus))
     wxInitDialogEvent event(GetId());
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleDropFiles(WXWPARAM wParam)
@@ -3982,7 +4171,6 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleDropFiles(WXWPARAM wParam)
         ::DragQueryFile(hFilesInfo, wIndex,
                         wxStringBuffer(files[wIndex], len), len);
     }
-    DragFinish (hFilesInfo);
 
     wxDropFilesEvent event(wxEVT_DROP_FILES, gwFilesDropped, files);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
@@ -3992,7 +4180,9 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleDropFiles(WXWPARAM wParam)
     event.m_pos.x = dropPoint.x;
     event.m_pos.y = dropPoint.y;
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    DragFinish(hFilesInfo);
+
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -4035,7 +4225,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSetCursor(WXHWND WXUNUSED(hWnd),
         ScreenToClient(&x, &y);
         wxSetCursorEvent event(x, y);
 
-        bool processedEvtSetCursor = GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+        bool processedEvtSetCursor = HandleWindowEvent(event);
         if ( processedEvtSetCursor && event.HasCursor() )
         {
             hcursor = GetHcursorOf(event.GetCursor());
@@ -4101,14 +4291,11 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandlePower(WXWPARAM WXUNUSED_IN_WINCE(wParam),
             break;
 
         case PBT_APMRESUMESUSPEND:
-#ifdef PBT_APMRESUMEAUTOMATIC
-        case PBT_APMRESUMEAUTOMATIC:
-#endif
             evtType = wxEVT_POWER_RESUME;
             break;
 
         default:
-            wxLogDebug(_T("Unknown WM_POWERBROADCAST(%d) event"), wParam);
+            wxLogDebug(wxT("Unknown WM_POWERBROADCAST(%d) event"), wParam);
             // fall through
 
         // these messages are currently not mapped to wx events
@@ -4120,6 +4307,9 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandlePower(WXWPARAM WXUNUSED_IN_WINCE(wParam),
         case PBT_APMPOWERSTATUSCHANGE:
         case PBT_APMOEMEVENT:
         case PBT_APMRESUMECRITICAL:
+#ifdef PBT_APMRESUMEAUTOMATIC
+        case PBT_APMRESUMEAUTOMATIC:
+#endif
             evtType = wxEVT_NULL;
             break;
     }
@@ -4131,7 +4321,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandlePower(WXWPARAM WXUNUSED_IN_WINCE(wParam),
     // TODO: notify about PBTF_APMRESUMEFROMFAILURE in case of resume events?
 
     wxPowerEvent event(evtType);
-    if ( !GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event) )
+    if ( !HandleWindowEvent(event) )
         return false;
 
     *vetoed = event.IsVetoed();
@@ -4142,17 +4332,33 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandlePower(WXWPARAM WXUNUSED_IN_WINCE(wParam),
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::IsDoubleBuffered() const
 {
-    for ( const wxWindowMSW *wnd = this;
-          wnd && !wnd->IsTopLevel(); wnd =
-          wnd->GetParent() )
+    for ( const wxWindowMSW *win = this; win; win = win->GetParent() )
     {
-        if ( ::GetWindowLong(GetHwndOf(wnd), GWL_EXSTYLE) & WS_EX_COMPOSITED )
+        if ( wxHasWindowExStyle(win, WS_EX_COMPOSITED) )
             return true;
+
+        if ( win->IsTopLevel() )
+            break;
     }
 
     return false;
 }
 
+void wxWindowMSW::SetDoubleBuffered(bool on)
+{
+    // Get the current extended style bits
+    long exstyle = wxGetWindowExStyle(this);
+
+    // Twiddle the bit as needed
+    if ( on )
+        exstyle |= WS_EX_COMPOSITED;
+    else
+        exstyle &= ~WS_EX_COMPOSITED;
+
+    // put it back
+    wxSetWindowExStyle(this, exstyle);
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // owner drawn stuff
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -4182,7 +4388,7 @@ wxWindowMSW::MSWOnDrawItem(int WXUNUSED_UNLESS_ODRAWN(id),
             return false;
 
         wxCHECK_MSG( wxDynamicCast(pMenuItem, wxMenuItem),
-                         false, _T("MSWOnDrawItem: bad wxMenuItem pointer") );
+                         false, wxT("MSWOnDrawItem: bad wxMenuItem pointer") );
 
         // prepare to call OnDrawItem(): notice using of wxDCTemp to prevent
         // the DC from being released
@@ -4248,7 +4454,7 @@ wxWindowMSW::MSWOnMeasureItem(int id, WXMEASUREITEMSTRUCT *itemStruct)
             return false;
 
         wxCHECK_MSG( wxDynamicCast(pMenuItem, wxMenuItem),
-                        false, _T("MSWOnMeasureItem: bad wxMenuItem pointer") );
+                        false, wxT("MSWOnMeasureItem: bad wxMenuItem pointer") );
 
         size_t w, h;
         bool rc = pMenuItem->OnMeasureItem(&w, &h);
@@ -4281,7 +4487,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSysColorChange()
     wxSysColourChangedEvent event;
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    (void)GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    (void)HandleWindowEvent(event);
 
     // always let the system carry on the default processing to allow the
     // native controls to react to the colours update
@@ -4293,7 +4499,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleDisplayChange()
     wxDisplayChangedEvent event;
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 #ifndef __WXMICROWIN__
@@ -4357,7 +4563,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandlePaletteChanged(WXHWND hWndPalChange)
     event.SetEventObject(this);
     event.SetChangedWindow(wxFindWinFromHandle(hWndPalChange));
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleCaptureChanged(WXHWND hWndGainedCapture)
@@ -4369,7 +4575,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleCaptureChanged(WXHWND hWndGainedCapture)
     wxWindow *win = wxFindWinFromHandle(hWndGainedCapture);
     wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent event(GetId(), win);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSettingChange(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
@@ -4424,7 +4630,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleQueryNewPalette()
     wxQueryNewPaletteEvent event(GetId());
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event) && event.GetPaletteRealized();
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event) && event.GetPaletteRealized();
 }
 
 // Responds to colour changes: passes event on to children.
@@ -4475,12 +4681,12 @@ extern wxCOLORMAP *wxGetStdColourMap()
             // reference bitmap which can tell us what the RGB values change
             // to.
             wxLogNull logNo; // suppress error if we couldn't load the bitmap
-            wxBitmap stdColourBitmap(_T("wxBITMAP_STD_COLOURS"));
+            wxBitmap stdColourBitmap(wxT("wxBITMAP_STD_COLOURS"));
             if ( stdColourBitmap.Ok() )
             {
                 // the pixels in the bitmap must correspond to wxSTD_COL_XXX!
                 wxASSERT_MSG( stdColourBitmap.GetWidth() == wxSTD_COL_MAX,
-                              _T("forgot to update wxBITMAP_STD_COLOURS!") );
+                              wxT("forgot to update wxBITMAP_STD_COLOURS!") );
 
                 wxMemoryDC memDC;
                 memDC.SelectObject(stdColourBitmap);
@@ -4523,6 +4729,69 @@ extern wxCOLORMAP *wxGetStdColourMap()
     return s_cmap;
 }
 
+#if wxUSE_UXTHEME && !defined(TMT_FILLCOLOR)
+    #define TMT_FILLCOLOR       3802
+    #define TMT_TEXTCOLOR       3803
+    #define TMT_BORDERCOLOR     3801
+#endif
+
+wxColour wxWindowMSW::MSWGetThemeColour(const wchar_t *themeName,
+                                        int themePart,
+                                        int themeState,
+                                        MSWThemeColour themeColour,
+                                        wxSystemColour fallback)
+{
+#if wxUSE_UXTHEME
+    const wxUxThemeEngine* theme = wxUxThemeEngine::GetIfActive();
+    if ( theme )
+    {
+        int themeProperty = 0;
+
+        // TODO: Convert this into a table? Sure would be faster.
+        switch ( themeColour )
+        {
+            case ThemeColourBackground:
+                themeProperty = TMT_FILLCOLOR;
+                break;
+            case ThemeColourText:
+                themeProperty = TMT_TEXTCOLOR;
+                break;
+            case ThemeColourBorder:
+                themeProperty = TMT_BORDERCOLOR;
+                break;
+            default:
+                wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("unsupported theme colour"));
+        };
+
+        wxUxThemeHandle hTheme(this, themeName);
+        COLORREF col;
+        HRESULT hr = theme->GetThemeColor
+                            (
+                                hTheme,
+                                themePart,
+                                themeState,
+                                themeProperty,
+                                &col
+                            );
+
+        if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) )
+            return wxRGBToColour(col);
+
+        wxLogApiError(
+            wxString::Format(
+                "GetThemeColor(%s, %i, %i, %i)",
+                themeName, themePart, themeState, themeProperty),
+            hr);
+    }
+#else
+    wxUnusedVar(themeName);
+    wxUnusedVar(themePart);
+    wxUnusedVar(themeState);
+    wxUnusedVar(themeColour);
+#endif
+    return wxSystemSettings::GetColour(fallback);
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // painting
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -4531,23 +4800,27 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandlePaint()
 {
     HRGN hRegion = ::CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 0, 0); // Dummy call to get a handle
     if ( !hRegion )
+    {
         wxLogLastError(wxT("CreateRectRgn"));
+    }
     if ( ::GetUpdateRgn(GetHwnd(), hRegion, FALSE) == ERROR )
+    {
         wxLogLastError(wxT("GetUpdateRgn"));
+    }
 
     m_updateRegion = wxRegion((WXHRGN) hRegion);
 
     wxPaintEvent event(m_windowId);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    bool processed = GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    bool processed = HandleWindowEvent(event);
 
     // note that we must generate NC event after the normal one as otherwise
     // BeginPaint() will happily overwrite our decorations with the background
     // colour
     wxNcPaintEvent eventNc(m_windowId);
     eventNc.SetEventObject(this);
-    GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(eventNc);
+    HandleWindowEvent(eventNc);
 
     // don't keep an HRGN we don't need any longer (GetUpdateRegion() can only
     // be called from inside the event handlers called above)
@@ -4562,7 +4835,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
 #ifdef __WXUNIVERSAL__
     event.Skip();
 #else
-    HDC hDC = (HDC) wxPaintDC::FindDCInCache((wxWindow*) event.GetEventObject());
+    HDC hDC = (HDC) wxPaintDCImpl::FindDCInCache((wxWindow*) event.GetEventObject());
     if (hDC != 0)
     {
         MSWDefWindowProc(WM_PAINT, (WPARAM) hDC, 0);
@@ -4572,62 +4845,103 @@ void wxWindowMSW::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleEraseBkgnd(WXHDC hdc)
 {
-    wxDCTemp dc(hdc, GetClientSize());
+    switch ( GetBackgroundStyle() )
+    {
+        case wxBG_STYLE_ERASE:
+        case wxBG_STYLE_COLOUR:
+            // we need to generate an erase background event
+            {
+                wxDCTemp dc(hdc, GetClientSize());
+                wxDCTempImpl *impl = (wxDCTempImpl*) dc.GetImpl();
 
-    dc.SetHDC(hdc);
-    dc.SetWindow((wxWindow *)this);
+                impl->SetHDC(hdc);
+                impl->SetWindow((wxWindow *)this);
 
-    wxEraseEvent event(m_windowId, &dc);
-    event.SetEventObject(this);
-    bool rc = GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+                wxEraseEvent event(m_windowId, &dc);
+                event.SetEventObject(this);
+                bool rc = HandleWindowEvent(event);
 
-    // must be called manually as ~wxDC doesn't do anything for wxDCTemp
-    dc.SelectOldObjects(hdc);
+                // must be called manually as ~wxDC doesn't do anything for
+                // wxDCTemp
+                impl->SelectOldObjects(hdc);
 
-    return rc;
+                if ( rc )
+                {
+                    // background erased by the user-defined handler
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            // fall through
+
+        case wxBG_STYLE_SYSTEM:
+            if ( !DoEraseBackground(hdc) )
+            {
+                // let the default processing to take place if we didn't erase
+                // the background ourselves
+                return false;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case wxBG_STYLE_PAINT:
+        case wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT:
+            // no need to do anything here at all, background will be entirely
+            // redrawn in WM_PAINT handler
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            wxFAIL_MSG( "unknown background style" );
+    }
+
+    return true;
 }
 
-void wxWindowMSW::OnEraseBackground(wxEraseEvent& event)
+#ifdef wxHAS_MSW_BACKGROUND_ERASE_HOOK
+
+bool wxWindowMSW::MSWHasEraseBgHook() const
 {
-    // standard non top level controls (i.e. except the dialogs) always erase
-    // their background themselves in HandleCtlColor() or have some control-
-    // specific ways to set the colours (common controls)
-    if ( IsOfStandardClass() && !IsTopLevel() )
-    {
-        event.Skip();
-        return;
-    }
+    return gs_eraseBgHooks.find(this) != gs_eraseBgHooks.end();
+}
 
-    if ( GetBackgroundStyle() == wxBG_STYLE_CUSTOM )
+void wxWindowMSW::MSWSetEraseBgHook(wxWindow *child)
+{
+    if ( child )
     {
-        // don't skip the event here, custom background means that the app
-        // is drawing it itself in its OnPaint(), so don't draw it at all
-        // now to avoid flicker
-        return;
+        if ( !gs_eraseBgHooks.insert(
+                EraseBgHooks::value_type(this, child)).second )
+        {
+            wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("Setting erase background hook twice?") );
+        }
     }
-
-
-    // do default background painting
-    if ( !DoEraseBackground(GetHdcOf(*event.GetDC())) )
+    else // reset the hook
     {
-        // let the system paint the background
-        event.Skip();
+        if ( gs_eraseBgHooks.erase(this) != 1 )
+        {
+            wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("Resetting erase background which was not set?") );
+        }
     }
 }
 
+#endif // wxHAS_MSW_BACKGROUND_ERASE_HOOK
+
 bool wxWindowMSW::DoEraseBackground(WXHDC hDC)
 {
     HBRUSH hbr = (HBRUSH)MSWGetBgBrush(hDC);
     if ( !hbr )
         return false;
 
-    wxFillRect(GetHwnd(), (HDC)hDC, hbr);
+    // erase just the client area of the window, this is important for the
+    // frames to avoid drawing over the toolbar part of the window (you might
+    // think using WS_CLIPCHILDREN would prevent this from happening, but it
+    // clearly doesn't)
+    RECT rc;
+    wxCopyRectToRECT(GetClientRect(), rc);
+    ::FillRect((HDC)hDC, &rc, hbr);
 
     return true;
 }
 
 WXHBRUSH
-wxWindowMSW::MSWGetBgBrushForChild(WXHDC WXUNUSED(hDC), WXHWND hWnd)
+wxWindowMSW::MSWGetBgBrushForChild(WXHDC WXUNUSED(hDC), wxWindowMSW *child)
 {
     if ( m_hasBgCol )
     {
@@ -4639,11 +4953,10 @@ wxWindowMSW::MSWGetBgBrushForChild(WXHDC WXUNUSED(hDC), WXHWND hWnd)
         //     children because it would look wrong if a child of non
         //     transparent child would show our bg colour when the child itself
         //     does not
-        wxWindow *win = wxFindWinFromHandle(hWnd);
-        if ( win == this ||
+        if ( child == this ||
                 m_inheritBgCol ||
-                    (win && win->HasTransparentBackground() &&
-                        win->GetParent() == this) )
+                    (child->HasTransparentBackground() &&
+                        child->GetParent() == this) )
         {
             // draw children with the same colour as the parent
             wxBrush *
@@ -4656,14 +4969,11 @@ wxWindowMSW::MSWGetBgBrushForChild(WXHDC WXUNUSED(hDC), WXHWND hWnd)
     return 0;
 }
 
-WXHBRUSH wxWindowMSW::MSWGetBgBrush(WXHDC hDC, WXHWND hWndToPaint)
+WXHBRUSH wxWindowMSW::MSWGetBgBrush(WXHDC hDC, wxWindowMSW *child)
 {
-    if ( !hWndToPaint )
-        hWndToPaint = GetHWND();
-
     for ( wxWindowMSW *win = this; win; win = win->GetParent() )
     {
-        WXHBRUSH hBrush = win->MSWGetBgBrushForChild(hDC, hWndToPaint);
+        WXHBRUSH hBrush = win->MSWGetBgBrushForChild(hDC, child);
         if ( hBrush )
             return hBrush;
 
@@ -4718,7 +5028,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMinimize()
     wxIconizeEvent event(m_windowId);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMaximize()
@@ -4726,7 +5036,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMaximize()
     wxMaximizeEvent event(m_windowId);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMove(int x, int y)
@@ -4735,7 +5045,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMove(int x, int y)
     wxMoveEvent event(point, m_windowId);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMoving(wxRect& rect)
@@ -4743,7 +5053,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMoving(wxRect& rect)
     wxMoveEvent event(rect, m_windowId);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    bool rc = GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    bool rc = HandleWindowEvent(event);
     if (rc)
         rect = event.GetRect();
     return rc;
@@ -4755,7 +5065,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleEnterSizeMove()
     event.SetEventType(wxEVT_MOVE_START);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleExitSizeMove()
@@ -4764,12 +5074,12 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleExitSizeMove()
     event.SetEventType(wxEVT_MOVE_END);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSize(int WXUNUSED(w), int WXUNUSED(h), WXUINT wParam)
 {
-#if USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     // when we resize this window, its children are probably going to be
     // repositioned as well, prepare to use DeferWindowPos() for them
     int numChildren = 0;
@@ -4790,20 +5100,20 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSize(int WXUNUSED(w), int WXUNUSED(h), WXUINT wParam)
             m_hDWP = (WXHANDLE)::BeginDeferWindowPos(numChildren);
             if ( !m_hDWP )
             {
-                wxLogLastError(_T("BeginDeferWindowPos"));
+                wxLogLastError(wxT("BeginDeferWindowPos"));
             }
             if (m_hDWP)
                 useDefer = true;
         }
     }
-#endif // USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#endif // wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
 
     // update this window size
     bool processed = false;
     switch ( wParam )
     {
         default:
-            wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unexpected WM_SIZE parameter") );
+            wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("unexpected WM_SIZE parameter") );
             // fall through nevertheless
 
         case SIZE_MAXHIDE:
@@ -4826,10 +5136,10 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSize(int WXUNUSED(w), int WXUNUSED(h), WXUINT wParam)
             wxSizeEvent event(GetSize(), m_windowId);
             event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-            processed = GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+            processed = HandleWindowEvent(event);
     }
 
-#if USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
     // and finally change the positions of all child windows at once
     if ( useDefer && m_hDWP )
     {
@@ -4843,7 +5153,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSize(int WXUNUSED(w), int WXUNUSED(h), WXUINT wParam)
         // do put all child controls in place at once
         if ( !::EndDeferWindowPos(hDWP) )
         {
-            wxLogLastError(_T("EndDeferWindowPos"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("EndDeferWindowPos"));
         }
 
         // Reset our children's pending pos/size values.
@@ -4851,12 +5161,11 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSize(int WXUNUSED(w), int WXUNUSED(h), WXUINT wParam)
               node;
               node = node->GetNext() )
         {
-            wxWindowMSW *child = node->GetData();
-            child->m_pendingPosition = wxDefaultPosition;
-            child->m_pendingSize = wxDefaultSize;
+            wxWindowMSW * const child = node->GetData();
+            child->MSWEndDeferWindowPos();
         }
     }
-#endif // USE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+#endif // wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
 
     return processed;
 }
@@ -4866,7 +5175,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleSizing(wxRect& rect)
     wxSizeEvent event(rect, m_windowId);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    bool rc = GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    bool rc = HandleWindowEvent(event);
     if (rc)
         rect = event.GetRect();
     return rc;
@@ -4959,15 +5268,11 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleCommand(WXWORD id_, WXWORD cmd, WXHWND control)
     // coming from a control to wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED
     if ( !control )
     {
-        // If no child window, it may be an accelerator, e.g. for a popup menu
-        // command
-
-        wxCommandEvent event(wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED);
+        wxCommandEvent event(wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED, id);
         event.SetEventObject(this);
-        event.SetId(id);
         event.SetInt(id);
 
-        return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+        return HandleWindowEvent(event);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -5015,7 +5320,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::InitMouseEvent(wxMouseEvent& event,
     event.m_aux1Down = (flags & MK_XBUTTON1) != 0;
     event.m_aux2Down = (flags & MK_XBUTTON2) != 0;
 #endif // wxHAS_XBUTTON
-    event.m_altDown = ::GetKeyState(VK_MENU) < 0;
+    event.m_altDown = ::wxIsAltDown();
 
 #ifndef __WXWINCE__
     event.SetTimestamp(::GetMessageTime());
@@ -5043,7 +5348,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::InitMouseEvent(wxMouseEvent& event,
 // still don't get move, enter nor leave events.
 static wxWindowMSW *FindWindowForMouseEvent(wxWindowMSW *win, int *x, int *y)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( x && y, win, _T("NULL pointer in FindWindowForMouseEvent") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( x && y, win, wxT("NULL pointer in FindWindowForMouseEvent") );
 
     // first try to find a non transparent child: this allows us to send events
     // to a static text which is inside a static box, for example
@@ -5081,7 +5386,7 @@ static wxWindowMSW *FindWindowForMouseEvent(wxWindowMSW *win, int *x, int *y)
                 ::IsWindowVisible(hwndUnderMouse) &&
                     ::IsWindowEnabled(hwndUnderMouse) )
     {
-        wxWindow *winUnderMouse = wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND)hwndUnderMouse);
+        wxWindow *winUnderMouse = wxFindWinFromHandle(hwndUnderMouse);
         if ( winUnderMouse )
         {
             // translate the mouse coords to the other window coords
@@ -5139,7 +5444,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMouseEvent(WXUINT msg, int x, int y, WXUINT flags)
     wxMouseEvent event(eventsMouse[msg - WM_MOUSEMOVE]);
     InitMouseEvent(event, x, y, flags);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMouseMove(int x, int y, WXUINT flags)
@@ -5165,20 +5470,16 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMouseMove(int x, int y, WXUINT flags)
             static bool s_initDone = false;
             if ( !s_initDone )
             {
-                wxLogNull noLog;
-
-                wxDynamicLibrary dllComCtl32(_T("comctl32.dll"), wxDL_VERBATIM);
+                // see comment in wxApp::GetComCtl32Version() explaining the
+                // use of wxLoadedDLL
+                wxLoadedDLL dllComCtl32(wxT("comctl32.dll"));
                 if ( dllComCtl32.IsLoaded() )
                 {
                     s_pfn_TrackMouseEvent = (_TrackMouseEvent_t)
-                        dllComCtl32.GetSymbol(_T("_TrackMouseEvent"));
+                        dllComCtl32.RawGetSymbol(wxT("_TrackMouseEvent"));
                 }
 
                 s_initDone = true;
-
-                // notice that it's ok to unload comctl32.dll here as it won't
-                // be really unloaded, being still in use because we link to it
-                // statically too
             }
 
             if ( s_pfn_TrackMouseEvent )
@@ -5196,7 +5497,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMouseMove(int x, int y, WXUINT flags)
             wxMouseEvent event(wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW);
             InitMouseEvent(event, x, y, flags);
 
-            (void)GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+            (void)HandleWindowEvent(event);
         }
     }
 #ifdef HAVE_TRACKMOUSEEVENT
@@ -5257,7 +5558,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMouseWheel(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
                                      &s_linesPerRotation, 0))
         {
             // this is not supposed to happen
-            wxLogLastError(_T("SystemParametersInfo(GETWHEELSCROLLLINES)"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("SystemParametersInfo(GETWHEELSCROLLLINES)"));
 
             // the default is 3, so use it if SystemParametersInfo() failed
             s_linesPerRotation = 3;
@@ -5265,7 +5566,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMouseWheel(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
     }
 
     event.m_linesPerAction = s_linesPerRotation;
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 
 #else // !wxUSE_MOUSEWHEEL
     wxUnusedVar(wParam);
@@ -5300,7 +5601,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::GenerateMouseLeave()
     if ( !::GetCursorPos(&pt) )
 #endif
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("GetCursorPos"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("GetCursorPos"));
     }
 
     // we need to have client coordinates here for symmetry with
@@ -5312,7 +5613,7 @@ void wxWindowMSW::GenerateMouseLeave()
     wxMouseEvent event(wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW);
     InitMouseEvent(event, pt.x, pt.y, state);
 
-    (void)GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    (void)HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -5399,7 +5700,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleChar(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam, bool isASCII)
         event.m_altDown = false;
     }
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleKeyDown(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
@@ -5413,7 +5714,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleKeyDown(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
     }
 
     wxKeyEvent event(CreateKeyEvent(wxEVT_KEY_DOWN, id, lParam, wParam));
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleKeyUp(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
@@ -5427,7 +5728,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleKeyUp(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
     }
 
     wxKeyEvent event(CreateKeyEvent(wxEVT_KEY_UP, id, lParam, wParam));
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 #if wxUSE_MENUS
@@ -5465,13 +5766,13 @@ int wxWindowMSW::HandleMenuChar(int WXUNUSED_IN_WINCE(chAccel),
                 //  menu creation code
                 wxMenuItem *item = (wxMenuItem*)mii.dwItemData;
 
-                const wxChar *p = wxStrchr(item->GetItemLabel().wx_str(), _T('&'));
+                const wxChar *p = wxStrchr(item->GetItemLabel().wx_str(), wxT('&'));
                 while ( p++ )
                 {
-                    if ( *p == _T('&') )
+                    if ( *p == wxT('&') )
                     {
                         // this is not the accel char, find the real one
-                        p = wxStrchr(p + 1, _T('&'));
+                        p = wxStrchr(p + 1, wxT('&'));
                     }
                     else // got the accel char
                     {
@@ -5494,25 +5795,26 @@ int wxWindowMSW::HandleMenuChar(int WXUNUSED_IN_WINCE(chAccel),
         else // failed to get the menu text?
         {
             // it's not fatal, so don't show error, but still log it
-            wxLogLastError(_T("GetMenuItemInfo"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("GetMenuItemInfo"));
         }
     }
 #endif
     return wxNOT_FOUND;
 }
 
-bool wxWindowMSW::HandleClipboardEvent( WXUINT nMsg )
+#endif // wxUSE_MENUS
+
+bool wxWindowMSW::HandleClipboardEvent(WXUINT nMsg)
 {
-    const wxEventType type = ( nMsg == WM_CUT ) ? wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_CUT :
-                             ( nMsg == WM_COPY ) ? wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY :
-                           /*( nMsg == WM_PASTE ) ? */ wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_PASTE;
+    const wxEventType type = nMsg == WM_CUT       ? wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_CUT
+                           : nMsg == WM_COPY      ? wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY
+                           : /* nMsg == WM_PASTE */ wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_PASTE;
     wxClipboardTextEvent evt(type, GetId());
 
     evt.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(evt);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(evt);
 }
-#endif // wxUSE_MENUS
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // joystick
@@ -5596,7 +5898,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleJoystickEvent(WXUINT msg, int x, int y, WXUINT flags)
     event.SetPosition(wxPoint(x, y));
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 #else
     wxUnusedVar(msg);
     wxUnusedVar(x);
@@ -5663,12 +5965,11 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWOnScroll(int orientation, WXWORD wParam,
             scrollInfo.fMask = SIF_TRACKPOS;
 
             if ( !::GetScrollInfo(GetHwnd(),
-                                  orientation == wxHORIZONTAL ? SB_HORZ
-                                                              : SB_VERT,
+                                  WXOrientToSB(orientation),
                                   &scrollInfo) )
             {
                 // Not necessarily an error, if there are no scrollbars yet.
-                // wxLogLastError(_T("GetScrollInfo"));
+                // wxLogLastError(wxT("GetScrollInfo"));
             }
 
             event.SetPosition(scrollInfo.nTrackPos);
@@ -5683,7 +5984,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWOnScroll(int orientation, WXWORD wParam,
         return false;
     }
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -5694,7 +5995,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::MSWOnScroll(int orientation, WXWORD wParam,
 wxWindowMSW::MSWRegisterMessageHandler(int msg, MSWMessageHandler handler)
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( gs_messageHandlers.find(msg) == gs_messageHandlers.end(),
-                 false, _T("registering handler for the same message twice") );
+                 false, wxT("registering handler for the same message twice") );
 
     gs_messageHandlers[msg] = handler;
     return true;
@@ -5705,7 +6006,7 @@ wxWindowMSW::MSWUnregisterMessageHandler(int msg, MSWMessageHandler handler)
 {
     const MSWMessageHandlers::iterator i = gs_messageHandlers.find(msg);
     wxCHECK_RET( i != gs_messageHandlers.end() && i->second == handler,
-                 _T("unregistering non-registered handler?") );
+                 wxT("unregistering non-registered handler?") );
 
     gs_messageHandlers.erase(i);
 }
@@ -5915,11 +6216,8 @@ int wxCharCodeMSWToWX(int vk, WXLPARAM lParam)
     return wxk;
 }
 
-WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int wxk, bool *isVirtual)
+WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int wxk)
 {
-    if ( isVirtual )
-        *isVirtual = true;
-
     // check the table first
     for ( size_t n = 0; n < WXSIZEOF(gs_specialKeys); n++ )
     {
@@ -5982,31 +6280,42 @@ WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int wxk, bool *isVirtual)
             break;
 
         default:
-            if ( isVirtual )
-                *isVirtual = false;
-            vk = (WXWORD)wxk;
-            break;
+            // no VkKeyScan() under CE unfortunately, we need to test how does
+            // it handle OEM keys
+#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+            // check to see if its one of the OEM key codes.
+            BYTE vks = LOBYTE(VkKeyScan(wxk));
+            if ( vks != 0xff )
+            {
+                vk = vks;
+            }
+            else
+#endif // !__WXWINCE__
+            {
+                vk = (WXWORD)wxk;
+            }
     }
 
     return vk;
 }
 
-#ifndef SM_SWAPBUTTON
-    #define SM_SWAPBUTTON 23
-#endif
-
 // small helper for wxGetKeyState() and wxGetMouseState()
 static inline bool wxIsKeyDown(WXWORD vk)
 {
-    switch (vk)
+    // SM_SWAPBUTTON is not available under CE, so don't swap buttons there
+#ifdef SM_SWAPBUTTON
+    if ( vk == VK_LBUTTON || vk == VK_RBUTTON )
     {
-        case VK_LBUTTON:
-            if (GetSystemMetrics(SM_SWAPBUTTON)) vk = VK_RBUTTON;
-            break;
-        case VK_RBUTTON:
-            if (GetSystemMetrics(SM_SWAPBUTTON)) vk = VK_LBUTTON;
-            break;
+        if ( ::GetSystemMetrics(SM_SWAPBUTTON) )
+        {
+            if ( vk == VK_LBUTTON )
+                vk = VK_RBUTTON;
+            else // vk == VK_RBUTTON
+                vk = VK_LBUTTON;
+        }
     }
+#endif // SM_SWAPBUTTON
+
     // the low order bit indicates whether the key was pressed since the last
     // call and the high order one indicates whether it is down right now and
     // we only want that one
@@ -6056,9 +6365,9 @@ wxMouseState wxGetMouseState()
     ms.SetAux2Down(wxIsKeyDown(VK_XBUTTON2));
 #endif // wxHAS_XBUTTON
 
-    ms.SetControlDown(wxIsKeyDown(VK_CONTROL));
-    ms.SetShiftDown(wxIsKeyDown(VK_SHIFT));
-    ms.SetAltDown(wxIsKeyDown(VK_MENU));
+    ms.SetControlDown(wxIsCtrlDown ());
+    ms.SetShiftDown  (wxIsShiftDown());
+    ms.SetAltDown    (wxIsAltDown  ());
 //    ms.SetMetaDown();
 
     return ms;
@@ -6070,7 +6379,7 @@ wxWindow *wxGetActiveWindow()
     HWND hWnd = GetActiveWindow();
     if ( hWnd != 0 )
     {
-        return wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND) hWnd);
+        return wxFindWinFromHandle(hWnd);
     }
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -6082,10 +6391,10 @@ extern wxWindow *wxGetWindowFromHWND(WXHWND hWnd)
     // For a radiobutton, we get the radiobox from GWL_USERDATA (which is set
     // by code in msw/radiobox.cpp), for all the others we just search up the
     // window hierarchy
-    wxWindow *win = (wxWindow *)NULL;
+    wxWindow *win = NULL;
     if ( hwnd )
     {
-        win = wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND)hwnd);
+        win = wxFindWinFromHandle(hwnd);
         if ( !win )
         {
 #if wxUSE_RADIOBOX
@@ -6129,7 +6438,7 @@ extern wxWindow *wxGetWindowFromHWND(WXHWND hWnd)
 #endif
 
         hwnd = ::GetParent(hwnd);
-        win = wxFindWinFromHandle((WXHWND)hwnd);
+        win = wxFindWinFromHandle(hwnd);
     }
 
     return win;
@@ -6140,28 +6449,8 @@ extern wxWindow *wxGetWindowFromHWND(WXHWND hWnd)
 // Windows keyboard hook. Allows interception of e.g. F1, ESCAPE
 // in active frames and dialogs, regardless of where the focus is.
 static HHOOK wxTheKeyboardHook = 0;
-static FARPROC wxTheKeyboardHookProc = 0;
-int APIENTRY _EXPORT
-wxKeyboardHook(int nCode, WORD wParam, DWORD lParam);
-
-void wxSetKeyboardHook(bool doIt)
-{
-    if ( doIt )
-    {
-        wxTheKeyboardHookProc = MakeProcInstance((FARPROC) wxKeyboardHook, wxGetInstance());
-        wxTheKeyboardHook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_KEYBOARD, (HOOKPROC) wxTheKeyboardHookProc, wxGetInstance(),
 
-            GetCurrentThreadId()
-        //      (DWORD)GetCurrentProcess()); // This is another possibility. Which is right?
-            );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        UnhookWindowsHookEx(wxTheKeyboardHook);
-    }
-}
-
-int APIENTRY _EXPORT
+int APIENTRY
 wxKeyboardHook(int nCode, WORD wParam, DWORD lParam)
 {
     DWORD hiWord = HIWORD(lParam);
@@ -6205,9 +6494,32 @@ wxKeyboardHook(int nCode, WORD wParam, DWORD lParam)
     return (int)CallNextHookEx(wxTheKeyboardHook, nCode, wParam, lParam);
 }
 
+void wxSetKeyboardHook(bool doIt)
+{
+    if ( doIt )
+    {
+        wxTheKeyboardHook = ::SetWindowsHookEx
+                              (
+                                WH_KEYBOARD,
+                                (HOOKPROC)wxKeyboardHook,
+                                NULL,   // must be NULL for process hook
+                                ::GetCurrentThreadId()
+                              );
+        if ( !wxTheKeyboardHook )
+        {
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("SetWindowsHookEx(wxKeyboardHook)"));
+        }
+    }
+    else // uninstall
+    {
+        if ( wxTheKeyboardHook )
+            ::UnhookWindowsHookEx(wxTheKeyboardHook);
+    }
+}
+
 #endif // !__WXMICROWIN__
 
-#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
+#if wxDEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
 const wxChar *wxGetMessageName(int message)
 {
     switch ( message )
@@ -6365,6 +6677,10 @@ const wxChar *wxGetMessageName(int message)
         case 0x0120: return wxT("WM_MENUCHAR");
         case 0x0121: return wxT("WM_ENTERIDLE");
 
+        case 0x0127: return wxT("WM_CHANGEUISTATE");
+        case 0x0128: return wxT("WM_UPDATEUISTATE");
+        case 0x0129: return wxT("WM_QUERYUISTATE");
+
         case 0x0132: return wxT("WM_CTLCOLORMSGBOX");
         case 0x0133: return wxT("WM_CTLCOLOREDIT");
         case 0x0134: return wxT("WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX");
@@ -6676,7 +6992,7 @@ const wxChar *wxGetMessageName(int message)
             return s_szBuf.c_str();
     }
 }
-#endif //__WXDEBUG__
+#endif // wxDEBUG_LEVEL >= 2
 
 static TEXTMETRIC wxGetTextMetrics(const wxWindowMSW *win)
 {
@@ -6752,10 +7068,10 @@ static void WinCEUnregisterHotKey(int modifiers, int id)
     typedef BOOL (WINAPI *UnregisterFunc1Proc)(UINT, UINT);
 
     UnregisterFunc1Proc procUnregisterFunc;
-    hCoreDll = LoadLibrary(_T("coredll.dll"));
+    hCoreDll = LoadLibrary(wxT("coredll.dll"));
     if (hCoreDll)
     {
-        procUnregisterFunc = (UnregisterFunc1Proc)GetProcAddress(hCoreDll, _T("UnregisterFunc1"));
+        procUnregisterFunc = (UnregisterFunc1Proc)GetProcAddress(hCoreDll, wxT("UnregisterFunc1"));
         if (procUnregisterFunc)
             procUnregisterFunc(modifiers, id);
         FreeLibrary(hCoreDll);
@@ -6783,7 +7099,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId, int modifiers, int keycode)
 
     if ( !::RegisterHotKey(GetHwnd(), hotkeyId, win_modifiers, keycode) )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("RegisterHotKey"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("RegisterHotKey"));
 
         return false;
     }
@@ -6799,7 +7115,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId)
 
     if ( !::UnregisterHotKey(GetHwnd(), hotkeyId) )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("UnregisterHotKey"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("UnregisterHotKey"));
 
         return false;
     }
@@ -6822,7 +7138,7 @@ bool wxWindowMSW::HandleHotKey(WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
     event.m_altDown = (win_modifiers & MOD_ALT) != 0;
     event.m_metaDown = (win_modifiers & MOD_WIN) != 0;
 
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
 }
 
 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
@@ -6852,7 +7168,7 @@ public:
 
         if ( !ms_hMsgHookProc )
         {
-            wxLogLastError(_T("SetWindowsHookEx(WH_GETMESSAGE)"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("SetWindowsHookEx(WH_GETMESSAGE)"));
 
             return false;
         }