Re: Mutex question
On 31 Jul 2007 14:49:49 -0400, Vincent Fatica <vince@blackholespam.net>
wrote:
Hee hee! That seems no big deal for the app itself. But try exiting the app
while Spy++ is running ... whoa!!!. It hangs Spy++ and brings the whole logon
session to a halt (can't even C-A-D to TaskMgr). I could C-A-D to logoff
however. I'll be sure to have a close look at the article below.
Spy++ is kind of a wildcard. Usually it works very well, but I've had
trouble when using it on a program I'm debugging. The latest versions seem
to have fewer problems than in the VC6 days.
In my original design, the "plugin" DLL (only 4KB) hung around and the new
window process didn't need to be "injected". But the DLL is unloaded (at app
close) at roughly the same time that the window I was subclassing was being
destroyed. This caused problems as did all my attempts to unsubclass at that
time. So I went to the "inject it and leave it" strategy. Quite possibly the
techniques in "Safer subclassing" will let me return to the original design or
fix up the current design.
You do need to make sure you're not executing code in a DLL that's been
unloaded. I don't know if it will help you here, but I consider Raymond's
blog essential to consult when learning anything about Windows. Sad to say,
but as big as it is, MSDN still lacks a lot of essential information you
need to program Windows right. (Or maybe I just can't find it. :)
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