Does anyone know how to receive a message (and handle it) that is sent via the sendmessage or postmessage api calls?
Thanks.
Guinness
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Does anyone know how to receive a message (and handle it) that is sent via the sendmessage or postmessage api calls?
Thanks.
Guinness
What do you mean Guinnes?
I use this to get the caption of a window/control
(Kedaman helped me with this)
If you need my windowhandler class look at http://www.geocities.com/despotez/WH/Code:Public Property Get Caption(WinhWnd As Long) As String
Dim l%, Wintext$, retval&
l = SendMessage(WinhWnd, WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, ByVal CLng(0), ByVal CLng(0)) + 1 'Gets the length of the text
Wintext = Space(l) 'makes enough room for the value
retval = SendMessage(WinhWnd, WM_GETTEXT, ByVal l, ByVal Wintext) 'get the text into Wintext
Wintext = Left(Wintext, retval)
Caption = Wintext
End Property
Here's the situation:
I am writting a VB app that will control Winamp thru a menu-driven program. It scans an organized mp3 file structure and organizes playlist files by artist/album. You can then navigate the menu and play whatever playlist you want. It also lets you control many of the features of winamp.
I recently purchased the IRMan remote control receiver and want to let my application "talk" back and forth with an application called Girder. Girder will receive input from the remote control. It will then send (via SendMessage or PostMessage api calls) a message to a running process (my application). I want to be able to receive messages sent this way, determine if the message is something I care about, and then take action accordingly.
After some research, I think that GetMessage api may be what I need to use. I'm not sure. If anyone knows anything about this, I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks again.
Guinness
hmm... maybe yeah (GetMessage).
Do you know what messages it's suppose to send?
Just whatever...text strings or whatever I want. I can specify that in Girder. I just need to know how to trap these messages with my app or maybe even call a subroutine from Girder?
Guinness
I'm sorry but i gotta go now, here's an example from the API-Guide from http://www.allapi.net.
Sorry I have no time edit it.
Code:'This project needs one form
' Also set StartupObject to 'Sub Main'
' (-> Project Properties -> General Tab -> Startup Object)
'---- Declarations
Declare Function RegisterClass Lib "user32" Alias "RegisterClassA" (Class As WNDCLASS) As Long
Declare Function UnregisterClass Lib "user32" Alias "UnregisterClassA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal hInstance As Long) As Long
Declare Function CreateWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "CreateWindowExA" (ByVal dwExStyle As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String, ByVal dwStyle As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal hInstance As Long, lpParam As Any) As Long
Declare Function DefWindowProc Lib "user32" Alias "DefWindowProcA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Declare Sub PostQuitMessage Lib "user32" (ByVal nExitCode As Long)
Declare Function GetMessage Lib "user32" Alias "GetMessageA" (lpMsg As Msg, ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsgFilterMin As Long, ByVal wMsgFilterMax As Long) As Long
Declare Function TranslateMessage Lib "user32" (lpMsg As Msg) As Long
Declare Function DispatchMessage Lib "user32" Alias "DispatchMessageA" (lpMsg As Msg) As Long
Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Declare Function LoadCursor Lib "user32" Alias "LoadCursorA" (ByVal hInstance As Long, ByVal lpCursorName As Any) As Long
Declare Function DefMDIChildProc Lib "user32" Alias "DefMDIChildProcA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
' Define information of the window (pointed to by hWnd)
Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Declare Function CallWindowProc Lib "user32" Alias "CallWindowProcA" (ByVal lpPrevWndFunc As Long, ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal Msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Type WNDCLASS
style As Long
lpfnwndproc As Long
cbClsextra As Long
cbWndExtra2 As Long
hInstance As Long
hIcon As Long
hCursor As Long
hbrBackground As Long
lpszMenuName As String
lpszClassName As String
End Type
Type POINTAPI
x As Long
y As Long
End Type
Type Msg
hWnd As Long
message As Long
wParam As Long
lParam As Long
time As Long
pt As POINTAPI
End Type
' Class styles
Public Const CS_VREDRAW = &H1
Public Const CS_HREDRAW = &H2
Public Const CS_KEYCVTWINDOW = &H4
Public Const CS_DBLCLKS = &H8
Public Const CS_OWNDC = &H20
Public Const CS_CLASSDC = &H40
Public Const CS_PARENTDC = &H80
Public Const CS_NOKEYCVT = &H100
Public Const CS_NOCLOSE = &H200
Public Const CS_SAVEBITS = &H800
Public Const CS_BYTEALIGNCLIENT = &H1000
Public Const CS_BYTEALIGNWINDOW = &H2000
Public Const CS_PUBLICCLASS = &H4000
' Window styles
Public Const WS_OVERLAPPED = &H0&
Public Const WS_POPUP = &H80000000
Public Const WS_CHILD = &H40000000
Public Const WS_MINIMIZE = &H20000000
Public Const WS_VISIBLE = &H10000000
Public Const WS_DISABLED = &H8000000
Public Const WS_CLIPSIBLINGS = &H4000000
Public Const WS_CLIPCHILDREN = &H2000000
Public Const WS_MAXIMIZE = &H1000000
Public Const WS_CAPTION = &HC00000 ' WS_BORDER Or WS_DLGFRAME
Public Const WS_BORDER = &H800000
Public Const WS_DLGFRAME = &H400000
Public Const WS_VSCROLL = &H200000
Public Const WS_HSCROLL = &H100000
Public Const WS_SYSMENU = &H80000
Public Const WS_THICKFRAME = &H40000
Public Const WS_GROUP = &H20000
Public Const WS_TABSTOP = &H10000
Public Const WS_MINIMIZEBOX = &H20000
Public Const WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = &H10000
Public Const WS_TILED = WS_OVERLAPPED
Public Const WS_ICONIC = WS_MINIMIZE
Public Const WS_SIZEBOX = WS_THICKFRAME
Public Const WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW = (WS_OVERLAPPED Or WS_CAPTION Or WS_SYSMENU Or WS_THICKFRAME Or WS_MINIMIZEBOX Or WS_MAXIMIZEBOX)
Public Const WS_TILEDWINDOW = WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW
Public Const WS_POPUPWINDOW = (WS_POPUP Or WS_BORDER Or WS_SYSMENU)
Public Const WS_CHILDWINDOW = (WS_CHILD)
' ExWindowStyles
Public Const WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME = &H1&
Public Const WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY = &H4&
Public Const WS_EX_TOPMOST = &H8&
Public Const WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES = &H10&
Public Const WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = &H20&
' Color constants
Public Const COLOR_SCROLLBAR = 0
Public Const COLOR_BACKGROUND = 1
Public Const COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION = 2
Public Const COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION = 3
Public Const COLOR_MENU = 4
Public Const COLOR_WINDOW = 5
Public Const COLOR_WINDOWFRAME = 6
Public Const COLOR_MENUTEXT = 7
Public Const COLOR_WINDOWTEXT = 8
Public Const COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT = 9
Public Const COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER = 10
Public Const COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER = 11
Public Const COLOR_APPWORKSPACE = 12
Public Const COLOR_HIGHLIGHT = 13
Public Const COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT = 14
Public Const COLOR_BTNFACE = 15
Public Const COLOR_BTNSHADOW = 16
Public Const COLOR_GRAYTEXT = 17
Public Const COLOR_BTNTEXT = 18
Public Const COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT = 19
Public Const COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT = 20
' Window messages
Public Const WM_NULL = &H0
Public Const WM_CREATE = &H1
Public Const WM_DESTROY = &H2
Public Const WM_MOVE = &H3
Public Const WM_SIZE = &H5
' ShowWindow commands
Public Const SW_HIDE = 0
Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Public Const SW_NORMAL = 1
Public Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
Public Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3
Public Const SW_MAXIMIZE = 3
Public Const SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4
Public Const SW_SHOW = 5
Public Const SW_MINIMIZE = 6
Public Const SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE = 7
Public Const SW_SHOWNA = 8
Public Const SW_RESTORE = 9
Public Const SW_SHOWDEFAULT = 10
Public Const SW_MAX = 10
' Standard ID's of cursors
Public Const IDC_ARROW = 32512&
Public Const IDC_IBEAM = 32513&
Public Const IDC_WAIT = 32514&
Public Const IDC_CROSS = 32515&
Public Const IDC_UPARROW = 32516&
Public Const IDC_SIZE = 32640&
Public Const IDC_ICON = 32641&
Public Const IDC_SIZENWSE = 32642&
Public Const IDC_SIZENESW = 32643&
Public Const IDC_SIZEWE = 32644&
Public Const IDC_SIZENS = 32645&
Public Const IDC_SIZEALL = 32646&
Public Const IDC_NO = 32648&
Public Const IDC_APPSTARTING = 32650&
Public Const GWL_WNDPROC = -4
Dim hwnd2 As Long, hwnd3 As Long, old_proc As Long, new_proc As Long
Public Sub Main()
'KPD-Team 1999
'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
'E-Mail: [email protected]
Dim lngTemp As Long
' Register class
If MyRegisterClass Then
' Window created?
If MyCreateWindow Then
' Change the button's procedures
' Point to new address
new_proc = GetMyWndProc(AddressOf ButtonProc)
old_proc = SetWindowLong(hwnd2, GWL_WNDPROC, new_proc)
' Message loop
MyMessageLoop
End If
' Unregister Class
MyUnregisterClass
End If
End Sub
Private Function MyRegisterClass() As Boolean
' WNDCLASS-structure
Dim wndcls As WNDCLASS
wndcls.style = CS_HREDRAW + CS_VREDRAW
wndcls.lpfnwndproc = GetMyWndProc(AddressOf MyWndProc)
wndcls.cbClsextra = 0
wndcls.cbWndExtra2 = 0
wndcls.hInstance = App.hInstance
wndcls.hIcon = 0
wndcls.hCursor = LoadCursor(0, IDC_ARROW)
wndcls.hbrBackground = COLOR_WINDOW
wndcls.lpszMenuName = 0
wndcls.lpszClassName = "myWindowClass"
' Register class
MyRegisterClass = (RegisterClass(wndcls) <> 0)
End Function
Private Sub MyUnregisterClass()
UnregisterClass "myWindowClass", App.hInstance
End Sub
Private Function MyCreateWindow() As Boolean
Dim hWnd As Long
' Create the window
hWnd = CreateWindowEx(0, "myWindowClass", "My Window", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 0, 0, 400, 300, 0, 0, App.hInstance, ByVal 0&)
' The Button and Textbox are child windows
hwnd2 = CreateWindowEx(0, "Button", "My button", WS_CHILD, 50, 55, 100, 25, hWnd, 0, App.hInstance, ByVal 0&)
hwnd3 = CreateWindowEx(0, "edit", "My textbox", WS_CHILD, 50, 25, 100, 25, hWnd, 0, App.hInstance, ByVal 0&)
If hWnd <> 0 Then ShowWindow hWnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL
' Show them
ShowWindow hwnd2, SW_SHOWNORMAL
ShowWindow hwnd3, SW_SHOWNORMAL
' Go back
MyCreateWindow = (hWnd <> 0)
End Function
Private Function MyWndProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal message As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Select Case message
Case WM_DESTROY
' Destroy window
PostQuitMessage (0)
End Select
' calls the default window procedure
MyWndProc = DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam)
End Function
Function GetMyWndProc(ByVal lWndProc As Long) As Long
GetMyWndProc = lWndProc
End Function
Private Sub MyMessageLoop()
Dim aMsg As Msg
Do While GetMessage(aMsg, 0, 0, 0)
DispatchMessage aMsg
Loop
End Sub
Private Function ButtonProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal message As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Dim x As Integer
If (message = 533) Then
x = MsgBox("You clicked on the button", vbOKOnly)
End If
' calls the window procedure
ButtonProc = CallWindowProc(old_proc, hWnd, message, wParam, lParam)
End Function
Good luck!
Thanks for your help Jop.
Guinness
I am still not completely sure how to use GetMessage, so any further help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Guinness
Thanks for your help, Jop...I finally got it.
Guinness
You can also use SubClassing as a means of finding which messages are sent.