I'm trying to customize the way that I process the wndproc messages.
In a class I have a simple wndproc overrided sub and when a KNOWN message is processed then I raise an event with that message information, this is how I'm handling the event:
Public Class Form1
Private WithEvents WndMessages As New WndProcClass(Form2)
Private Sub MessageHandler(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal e As WndProcClass.MessageInterceptedEventArgs) _
Handles WndMessages.MessageIntercepted
If e.ID = WndProcClass.Messages.WM_CREATE Then
MsgBox(e.Result) ' Result = 0
WndMessages.ReturnValueToLastMessage(-1)
If e.ID = WndProcClass.Messages.WM_CLOSE Then
WndMessages.ReturnValueToLastMessage(0)
End If
End Sub
Private Shadows Sub Shown() Handles MyBase.Shown
Form2.Show()
End Sub
End Class
Well, What I would like to try now is to create a method which could set the return value for the raised message (notice the WndMessages.ReturnValueToLastMessage(-1)
in the code above), and there is where I'm totally lost, I don't know how I could implement that method, when I try to set the return value, the value does not changes always is Zero for that message.
This is the wndproc class:
#Region " WndProc Class "
Public Class WndProcClass
Inherits NativeWindow
Implements IDisposable
#Region " Variables "
''' <summary>
''' The form to manage Windows Messages.
''' </summary>
Private WithEvents form As Form = Nothing
''' <summary>
''' Stores the message arguments.
''' </summary>
Private MessageArgs As New MessageInterceptedEventArgs
#End Region
#Region " Events "
''' <summary>
''' Event raised when a known message is processed.
''' </summary>
Public Event MessageIntercepted As EventHandler(Of MessageInterceptedEventArgs)
Public Class MessageInterceptedEventArgs : Inherits EventArgs
Public Property ID As Messages
Public Property IDWin32Hex As String
Public Property HWND As IntPtr
Public Property LParam As IntPtr
Public Property WParam As IntPtr
Public Property LParamAsCoordinate As Point
Public Property WParamAsCoordinate As Point
''' <summary>
''' Return value.
''' </summary>
Public Property Result As String
End Class
#End Region
#Region " Message Enumeration "
Public Enum Messages As Integer
''' <summary>
''' Sent as a signal that a window or an application should terminate.
''' </summary>
WM_CLOSE = &H10
End Enum
#End Region
#Region " Constructor "
Public Sub New(ByVal form As Form)
' Set the Formulary.
Me.form = form
' Assign the form handle.
SetFormHandle()
End Sub
#End Region
#Region " Event Handlers "
Private Sub SetFormHandle() _
Handles Form.HandleCreated, Form.Load, Form.Shown
Try
If Not Me.Handle.Equals(Me.form.Handle) Then
Me.AssignHandle(Me.form.Handle)
End If
Catch ' ex As InvalidOperationException
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub OnHandleDestroyed() _
Handles Form.HandleDestroyed
Me.ReleaseHandle()
End Sub
#End Region
#Region " Windows Messages Method "
Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message)
If [Enum].IsDefined(GetType(Messages), m.Msg) Then
With MessageArgs
.HWND = m.HWnd
.ID = [Enum].Parse(GetType(Messages), m.Msg)
.IDWin32Hex = "&H" & CStr(Hex(m.Msg))
.LParam = m.LParam
.WParam = m.WParam
.LParamAsCoordinate = New Point(m.LParam)
.WParamAsCoordinate = New Point(m.LParam)
.Result = m.Result
End With
RaiseEvent MessageIntercepted(Me, MessageArgs)
End If
' Return Message to base message handler.
MyBase.WndProc(m)
End Sub
#End Region
' Private LastMessage As Message
Public Sub ReturnValueToLastMessage(ByVal value As IntPtr)
' LastMessage.Result = value
' MyBase.WndProc(LastMessage)
End Sub
End Class
#End Region
I found a solution, just I needed to byrefering the message.
I've changed this:
Public Event MessageIntercepted As EventHandler(Of MessageInterceptedEventArgs)
To this else:
Public Event MessageIntercepted(ByRef m As Message, ByVal args As MessageInterceptedEventArgs)
And raised the event as this:
RaiseEvent MessageIntercepted(m, MessageArgs)
So now I can play with the message results like this:
Private WithEvents WindowsMessages As New WndProcClass(Me)
Private Sub WindowsMessageHandler(ByRef m As Message, ByVal e As WndProcClass.MessageInterceptedEventArgs) _
Handles WindowsMessages.MessageIntercepted
If e.ID = WndProcClass.KnownMessages.WM_NCHITTEST Then
If CType(e.Result, NCHitTest) = NCHitTest.Top Then
m.Result = New IntPtr(NCHitTest.Caption)
End If
End If
End Sub