when wmp is opened run my app

[SgtSlayer]

Hello

Who do I do the the following:

When the user boots up wmp my program is starts up?

Thanks
SgtSlayer

[dglienna]

It'd be easier to have your program start WMP. Alternatively, you could have a program running that looks for WMP to start, and then start your app.

[SgtSlayer]

Yea I thought of that but when wmp is opened from a browser that wouldn't work.

Thanks
SgtSlayer

[I_Love_My_Vans]

You mean if WMP is opened from a web browser?

If so some instance of the program must be runnning?

[SgtSlayer]

Yeah I see: MYAPP.exe starts when windows starts and then when wmp is booted is shells my main app.
But how does my app tell when to shell the main app?

Thanks
SgtSlayer

[dglienna]

You can use this to find a window.

http://vbforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=38422

[penagate]

You can't do it properly. You have to have a timer, or just a continous loop (making sure that it only uses minimal CPU time) and keep checking for an instance of WMP.

The proper way would be to use a WH_SHELL hook, but after extensive efforts we couldn't find a way to do it in VB, due to the intricacies of hook injecting and the reliance on the VB runtime.