C / C++ / MFC

#include <windows.h>
HINSTANCE g_hInstance = (HINSTANCE)GetModuleHandle(NULL);
HWND g_hMainWnd = NULL;
bool g_MovingMainWnd = false;
POINT g_OrigCursorPos;
POINT g_PanStartIconPos;
HICON g_Icon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_EXCLAMATION);
POINT g_IconPos = { 0, 0 };
LRESULT CALLBACK MainWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	switch (uMsg)
	{
	case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
		// here you can add extra check and decide whether to start
		// the window move or not
		if (GetCursorPos(&g_OrigCursorPos))
		{
			RECT rt;
			GetWindowRect(hWnd, &rt);
			g_PanStartIconPos.x = g_IconPos.x;
			g_PanStartIconPos.y = g_IconPos.y;
			g_MovingMainWnd = true;
			SetCapture(hWnd);
			SetCursor(LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_SIZEALL));
		}
		return 0;
	case WM_LBUTTONUP:
		ReleaseCapture();
		return 0;
	case WM_CAPTURECHANGED:
		g_MovingMainWnd = (HWND)lParam == hWnd;
		return 0;
	case WM_MOUSEMOVE:
		if (g_MovingMainWnd)
		{
			POINT pt;
			if (GetCursorPos(&pt))
			{
				g_IconPos.x = g_PanStartIconPos.x + (pt.x - g_OrigCursorPos.x);
				g_IconPos.y = g_PanStartIconPos.y + (pt.y - g_OrigCursorPos.y);
				// forcing a WM_PAINT
				InvalidateRect(hWnd, NULL, TRUE);
			}
		}
		return 0;
	case WM_PAINT:
		{
			PAINTSTRUCT ps;
			if (HDC dc = BeginPaint(hWnd, &ps))
			{
				DrawIcon(dc, g_IconPos.x, g_IconPos.y, g_Icon);
				EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
			}
		}
		return 0;
	case WM_DESTROY:
		PostQuitMessage(0);
		return 0;
	}
	return DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
}
bool CreateMainWnd()
{
	static const char CLASS_NAME[] = "MainWndClass";
	WNDCLASS wc;
	wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
	wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
	wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1);
	wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
	wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
	wc.hInstance = g_hInstance;
	wc.lpfnWndProc = &MainWndProc;
	wc.lpszClassName = CLASS_NAME;
	wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
	wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW | CS_DBLCLKS;
	if (!RegisterClass(&wc))
		return false;
	g_hMainWnd = CreateWindowEx(
		0,
		CLASS_NAME,
		"Main Window",
		WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_SYSMENU | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_MAXIMIZEBOX,
		CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 300, 200,
		NULL,
		NULL,
		g_hInstance,
		NULL
		);
	return true;
}
int main()
{
	if (!CreateMainWnd())
		return -1;
	ShowWindow(g_hMainWnd, SW_SHOW);
	UpdateWindow(g_hMainWnd);
	MSG msg;
	while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
	{
		TranslateMessage(&msg);
		DispatchMessage(&msg);
	}
	return (int)msg.wParam;
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CCeListCtrl, CListCtrl)
    //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CCeListCtrl)
    ON_WM_PAINT()
    ON_WM_LBUTTONDOWN()
    ON_WM_KEYDOWN()
    ON_WM_KEYUP()
    //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CCeListCtrl message handlers
void CCeListCtrl::OnKeyDown(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags) {
    switch (nChar) {
        case VK_RETURN:

            break;
    }

    CListCtrl::OnKeyDown(nChar, nRepCnt, nFlags);
}

void CCeListCtrl::OnKeyUp(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags) {
    switch (nChar) {
        case VK_RETURN:

            break;
    }

    CListCtrl::OnKeyUp(nChar, nRepCnt, nFlags);
}

// global variable, it contains the handle of all dialogs
std::vector<HWND> g_Dialogs;

// your main loop somewhere near your main()
MSG msg;
while (::GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) 
{
    // copying the global array because it might be modified during iteration
    // and we iterate over the copy...
    std::vector<HWND> dialogs(g_Dialogs);
    bool was_dialog_message = false;
    for (size_t i=0,e=dialogs.size(); i<e; ++i)
    {
        if (::IsWindow(dialogs[i]) && ::IsDialogMessage(dialogs[i], &msg))
        {
            was_dialog_message = true;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (!was_dialog_message)
    { 
        ::TranslateMessage(&msg); 
        ::DispatchMessage(&msg); 
    }
}