MAKELONG info

The MAKELONG macro creates an unsigned 32-bit value by concatenating two given 16-bit values.

DWORD MAKELONG(

WORD wLow,	// low-order word of long value
WORD wHigh	// high-order word of long value
);

Parameters

wLow

Specifies the low-order word of the new long value.

wHigh

Specifies the high-order word of the new long value.

Return Values

The return value is an unsigned 32-bit value.

Remarks

The MAKELONG macro is defined as follows:

#define MAKELONG(a, b) \ 

    ((LONG) (((WORD) (a)) | ((DWORD) ((WORD) (b))) << 16))