How do you subclass a window or control in another application?

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The other application is not necc a .Net application. May have been written
in C++ or whatever.

I have plenty of examples showing subclassing of a form within a vb.net app,
but nothing showing subclassing of a form outside of my vb.net app. Is it
the same? Can the .net .nativewindows class handle apps not written in
..Net?

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On 2003-10-10, Jim Hubbard <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> The other application is not necc a .Net application. May have been written
> in C++ or whatever.
>
> I have plenty of examples showing subclassing of a form within a vb.net app,
> but nothing showing subclassing of a form outside of my vb.net app. Is it
> the same? Can the .net .nativewindows class handle apps not written in
> .Net?
>
>

You can't do process process hooking in .NET. Your going to need to
write a good old fashioned dll to do it. You'll want to take a look at
SetWindowsHookEx.

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Tom Shelton
MVP [Visual Basic]

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So I'm stuck using something like Spyworks from Desaware or rolling my own
dll?

"Tom Shelton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 2003-10-10, Jim Hubbard <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > The other application is not necc a .Net application. May have been
written
> > in C++ or whatever.
> >
> > I have plenty of examples showing subclassing of a form within a vb.net
app,
> > but nothing showing subclassing of a form outside of my vb.net app. Is
it
> > the same? Can the .net .nativewindows class handle apps not written in
> > .Net?
> >
> >
>
> You can't do process process hooking in .NET. Your going to need to
> write a good old fashioned dll to do it. You'll want to take a look at
> SetWindowsHookEx.
>
> --
> Tom Shelton
> MVP [Visual Basic]

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On 2003-10-10, Jim Hubbard <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> So I'm stuck using something like Spyworks from Desaware or rolling my own
> dll?
>

Pretty much. If your doing cross process work, then it has to be in a
standard dll.

--
Tom Shelton
MVP [Visual Basic]

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Thanks for the help!

"Tom Shelton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 2003-10-10, Jim Hubbard <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > So I'm stuck using something like Spyworks from Desaware or rolling my
own
> > dll?
> >
>
> Pretty much. If your doing cross process work, then it has to be in a
> standard dll.
>
> --
> Tom Shelton
> MVP [Visual Basic]

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