Hey all,
I'm looking for a way to view all of the windows messages, like Spy ++
does. It's fairly trivial to do it for the current application, but how can
I take that knowledge to the bigger (system-wide) picture?
Thanks,
~D 7 2347
Hi,
Maybe this will help. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
Ken
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"Dracolytch" <No****@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:Y6******************@nwrddc02.gnilink.net... Hey all, I'm looking for a way to view all of the windows messages, like Spy ++ does. It's fairly trivial to do it for the current application, but how
can I take that knowledge to the bigger (system-wide) picture?
Thanks, ~D
Hi,
Thanks for posting in the community.
First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue.
From your description, I understand that you wants to know how to monitor
all the windows messages in System Wide From VB.NET something like Spy++?
Have I fully understood you? If there is anything I misunderstood, please
feel free to let me know.
I think you may need to use the Hook technique to set an system-level
Global Hook to WH_GETMESSAGE.
But Global Hook is Not Supported in .NET Framework
You cannot implement global hooks in Microsoft .NET Framework. To install a
global hook, a hook must have a native DLL export to insert itself in
another process that requires a valid, consistent function to call into.
This requires a DLL export, which .NET Framework does not support. Managed
code has no concept of a consistent value for a function pointer, because
these function pointers are proxies that are built dynamically.
319524 HOW TO: Set a Windows Hook in Visual Basic .NET http://support.microsoft.com/?id=319524
Best regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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* "Dracolytch" <No****@nowhere.net> scripsit: I'm looking for a way to view all of the windows messages, like Spy ++ does. It's fairly trivial to do it for the current application, but how can I take that knowledge to the bigger (system-wide) picture?
You will have to set up a global message hook ('WH_GETMESSAGE'). Maybe
you can base your sample on this example program written by Paul Kimmel:
<http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/11087_2193301_1>
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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>
Herfried,
this is a really good article, however I have a question for you. Now, the
way I understand Global Hooks is that its not possible in .NET because it
cannot be exported like a regular DLL into other processes. (I knew this
before Peter made his statement).
I have recently been trying to do global hooks in .NET with mouse events,
now, looking at this article, I wonder, is the same possible or am I
misreading this article as a global hook solution?
Thanks,
CJ
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:c0*************@ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de... * "Dracolytch" <No****@nowhere.net> scripsit: I'm looking for a way to view all of the windows messages, like Spy ++ does. It's fairly trivial to do it for the current application, but how
can I take that knowledge to the bigger (system-wide) picture?
You will have to set up a global message hook ('WH_GETMESSAGE'). Maybe you can base your sample on this example program written by Paul Kimmel:
<http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/11087_2193301_1>
-- Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] <http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>
Actually, if you have some global hook c++ code for the mouse that would be
awesome... I'm sure I could find some online but hell, why bother.
my email is
cege at839-0- tavayn 3830dot 3422com342
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"Tom Shelton" <to*@mtogden.com> wrote in message
news:Oi**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... In article <10*************@corp.supernews.com>, CJ Taylor wrote: Herfried,
this is a really good article, however I have a question for you. Now,
the way I understand Global Hooks is that its not possible in .NET because
it cannot be exported like a regular DLL into other processes. (I knew
this before Peter made his statement).
I have recently been trying to do global hooks in .NET with mouse
events, now, looking at this article, I wonder, is the same possible or am I misreading this article as a global hook solution?
Thanks, CJ
Low level hooks are possible in .NET - but you should be aware that WH_KEYBOARD_LL and WH_MOUSE_LL only work on NT based systems. If you want this to work on any Windows OS, you'll need to use WH_KEYBOARD. And, you can't set a global hook using WH_KEYBOARD from VB.NET...
It is fairly trivial to implement the hook as a C/C++ dll and then call it from your VB.NET app. If you need an example, let me know. I have some code I wrote to do this that I could post.
-- Tom Shelton [MVP] OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600 System Up Time: 0 Days, 11 Hours, 53 Minutes, 23 Seconds
On 2004-02-17, CJ Taylor <no****@blowgoats.com> wrote: Actually, if you have some global hook c++ code for the mouse that would be awesome... I'm sure I could find some online but hell, why bother.
my email is cege at839-0- tavayn 3830dot 3422com342
remove numbers and dashes.
CJ,
I haven't forgotten you or not noticed this message... Unfortunately,
the sample code that I had written seems to be among the bunch I lost to
a HD crash a few months ago... Never fear, I worked on putting a little
sample together today. I expect that I will be able to post the results
sometime tommorow :)
--
Tom Shelton [MVP]
Powered By Gentoo Linux 1.4
Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.
-- Baba Ram Dass
Tom,
Much appreciated, I really look forward to seeing it and greatly appreciate
you taking the time to show me.
Thanks,
CJ
"Tom Shelton" <to*@mtogden.com> wrote in message
news:uU*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... On 2004-02-17, CJ Taylor <no****@blowgoats.com> wrote: Actually, if you have some global hook c++ code for the mouse that would
be awesome... I'm sure I could find some online but hell, why bother.
my email is cege at839-0- tavayn 3830dot 3422com342
remove numbers and dashes.
CJ,
I haven't forgotten you or not noticed this message... Unfortunately, the sample code that I had written seems to be among the bunch I lost to a HD crash a few months ago... Never fear, I worked on putting a little sample together today. I expect that I will be able to post the results sometime tommorow :)
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