Do´nt hook mouse and keyboard action.

[Per Larsson]

Hi!
I've developed an application, and I want to use a semi opac form to
show the help.
The idea is to show the transparent help form on top (TopMost =
True)and still be able to work with the application underneath.
By setting CausesValidation = False, it ignores keyboard action so
thats OK, but it still hooks the mouse clicks.
Does anybody know how to disasble the mouse hook in the form? (Or
other work around?)
Have messed around with SetWindowsHookEx but have´nt found out how to use it.
Greatfull for anny idea.

/Perra

[CJ Taylor]

Have you looked into intercepting the message loop?
"Per Larsson" <pe*********@samhall.se> wrote in message
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Hi!
I've developed an application, and I want to use a semi opac form to
show the help.
The idea is to show the transparent help form on top (TopMost =
True)and still be able to work with the application underneath.
By setting CausesValidation = False, it ignores keyboard action so
thats OK, but it still hooks the mouse clicks.
Does anybody know how to disasble the mouse hook in the form? (Or
other work around?)
Have messed around with SetWindowsHookEx but have´nt found out how to use it. Greatfull for anny idea.

/Perra

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* pe*********@samhall.se (Per Larsson) scripsit:

I've developed an application, and I want to use a semi opac form to
show the help.
The idea is to show the transparent help form on top (TopMost =
True)and still be able to work with the application underneath.
By setting CausesValidation = False, it ignores keyboard action so
thats OK, but it still hooks the mouse clicks.
Does anybody know how to disasble the mouse hook in the form? (Or
other work around?)
Have messed around with SetWindowsHookEx but have´nt found out how to use it.
Greatfull for anny idea.

You want to forward clicks onto the form to the underlying window?

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Per Larsson]

hi***************@gmx.at (Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]) wrote in message news:<bq*************@ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de>...

* pe*********@samhall.se (Per Larsson) scripsit:

I've developed an application, and I want to use a semi opac form to
show the help.
The idea is to show the transparent help form on top (TopMost =
True)and still be able to work with the application underneath.
By setting CausesValidation = False, it ignores keyboard action so
thats OK, but it still hooks the mouse clicks.
Does anybody know how to disasble the mouse hook in the form? (Or
other work around?)
Have messed around with SetWindowsHookEx but have´nt found out how to use it.
Greatfull for anny idea.

You want to forward clicks onto the form to the underlying window?

Yes, that´s right.
I want the help form, concerning keyboard and mouse action, to act as
if it was´nt there at all. (I start and stop it from an other form
that is small and doesn't block so much of the screen.)