why won't it pick up my click

[SteveCRM]

case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
//MEMORY
      if(LOWORD(wParam) == BN_CLICKED && (HWND)lParam == board[x2][y2])

i also tried

if ((HWND)lParam == board[x2][y2])

but niether works when I click on board[x2][y2] (its a static control)

the wm_lbuttondown is working, i checked with a messagebox, but a messagebox won't go inside my if....this should be easy, but im stumped sorry about the stupid question

[Chris]

try this

case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
      if(MK_LBUTTON == wParam) && (hWnd == board[x2][y2])

as wparam is holding this value.
wParam
MK_CONTROL The CTRL key is down.
MK_LBUTTON The left mouse button is down.
MK_MBUTTON The middle mouse button is down.
MK_RBUTTON The right mouse button is down.
MK_SHIFT The SHIFT key is down.
MK_XBUTTON1 Windows 2000/XP: The first X button is down.
MK_XBUTTON2 Windows 2000/XP: The second X button is down.

and lParam is holding the current mouse position.

[SteveCRM]

thank you so much for the reply...im sorry about just asking you like that...but nothing happens still when i click the static controls

case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
				//MEMORY
				for(int y2=0; y2<2; y2++)
				{
					for(int x2=0; x2<5; x2++)
					{
						if((MK_LBUTTON == wParam) && (hWnd == board[x2][y2]))
						{
							MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, "TEST", "Warning!", MB_OK);
							clicknum++;
							if(bmatrix[x2][y2]=="Green" || bmatrix[x2][y2]=="Red" || bmatrix[x2][y2]=="Blue" || bmatrix[x2][y2]=="Yellow" || bmatrix[x2][y2]=="Cyan")
								SetWindowText(board[x2][y2], bmatrix[x2][y2].c_str());
							if(bmatrix[x2][y2]=="green" || bmatrix[x2][y2]=="red" || bmatrix[x2][y2]=="blue" || bmatrix[x2][y2]=="yellow" || bmatrix[x2][y2]=="cyan")
							{
								SetFont(board[x2][y2], 50, "Terminal");
								//SetWindowText(board[x2][y2], "Û");
							}

							if(clicknum==1)
							{
								one = bmatrix[x2][y2];
								xold = x2;
								yold = y2;
							}
							else if(clicknum==2)
							{
								if(x2==xold && y2==yold)
								{
									MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, "Please Chose A Valid Square", "Warning!", MB_OK);
									clicknum--;
								}
								else
								{
									two = bmatrix[x2][y2];
									
									Sleep(500); //wait for half a second
									MemoryCheck(one, two, x2, y2, xold, yold);
									clicknum=0;
									SetWindowText(board[xold][yold], " ");
									SetWindowText(board[x2][y2], " ");
								}
							}						
						}
					}
				}
			return 0;

[Chris]

or you can capture the event via WM_COMMAND message as below:

        case WM_COMMAND:
            if ((HWND)lParam == board[x2][y2])
                if (HIWORD(wParam) == BN_CLICKED)
                    MessageBox(hWnd, "Bingo!", "", MB_OK);

            break; 

Also, ensure the static control have the style of SS_NOTIFY flag set.

[CornedBee]

WM_LBUTTONDOWN is sent to you when the user clicks your window, not when he clicks a child window.
And your decoding of wParam and lParam only applies to WM_COMMAND messages.

Chris' second post should work.