Re: Can't hook a thread anymore
SergioQ <sergio@warptv.com> wrote:
On Apr 2, 4:43 pm, "Igor Tandetnik" <itandet...@mvps.org> wrote:
EnumProcesses retrieves process IDs. SetWindowsHookEx requires a
thread ID. You seem to assume the two kinds of IDs are somehow
related. They are not. You need to find the thread you want to hook,
and pass this thread's ID.
Forgive me, but I cannot find how to connect one to the other. I
tried the documentation, but I obviously do not know the correct
keywords. I know somehow Spy++ does this. They let you list all
Processes, then select one to "watch" message wise, in other words, to
hook.
Spy++ most likely installs a global hook and watches all messages from
all windows in all threads of all processes. The UI simply lets you
apply filters to watch a subset of messages.
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