Subclassing window in other process (winXP)

[WP]

Ya guys,
i used an old VB6 algorithm to subclass a window and made a few changes at the 'hook method' to make it work in .NET.

Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal nIndex As Integer, ByVal dwNewLong As delWindowProc) As Integer
Private Delegate Function delWindowProc(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal uMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Integer
Private lpPrevWndProc As Integer
Public Sub New()
   Dim procAddress As delWindowProc = AddressOf WindowProc
   lpPrevWndProc = SetWindowLong(gHW, GWL_WNDPROC, procAddress)
End Sub
Public Function WindowProc(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal uMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Integer
   If uMsg = ..... Then
      Return CallWindowProc(lpPrevWndProc, hwnd, WM_CANCELMODE, wParam, lParam)
   Else
      Return CallWindowProc(lpPrevWndProc, hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam)
   End If
End Function

everything is working now, but only at certain windows. i can only subclass windows from the process where my program is located. this is what i conclude from the following helpmessage:

SetWindowLong:
GWL_WNDPROC: Sets a new address for the window procedure.
Windows NT/2000/XP: You cannot change this attribute if the window does not belong to the same process as the calling thread.

now all the fun of subclassing is gone. how can I make it work on other windows?

Thanks,

[PT Exorcist]

It's quite complicated to do what you want in c++, in VB.NET it's even worse

Search about Dll Injection

[moeur]

Here is a method of "subclassing" external process windows. It was written for VB6, and then converted to VB.NET. It relies on a dll written in C++ that is supplied in both source code and compiled.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...51#post2383351