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mEo · Nov 20th, 2005, 3:53 AM

Hi,

I am trying to make a program that mimics the boss protection style of Messenger Plus and many other add-ons (my program is not for msn though).

How do I do this? Is there a way to change the icon of any system tray application, and capture all of its windows? Somebody please help me

Also,
How do you subclass and hook, using VB, objects that are not part of your program? I can't seem to get it to work.

Dameon · Nov 20th, 2005, 12:09 PM

Look up the FindWindow, FindWindowEx, and ShowWindow api calls. I believe there's also some that allow enumeration of windows, but don't know it off the top of my head.

Nov 20th, 2005, 3:53 AM	#1
mEo Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Capture Window and Subclassing / Hooking Hi, I am trying to make a program that mimics the boss protection style of Messenger Plus and many other add-ons (my program is not for msn though). How do I do this? Is there a way to change the icon of any system tray application, and capture all of its windows? Somebody please help me Also, How do you subclass and hook, using VB, objects that are not part of your program? I can't seem to get it to work.

Nov 20th, 2005, 12:09 PM	#2
Dameon Troll Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 732 Rep Power: 4	Look up the FindWindow, FindWindowEx, and ShowWindow api calls. I believe there's also some that allow enumeration of windows, but don't know it off the top of my head. __________________ MD5(sig) = bcef75433db02e9ad9bf81d6f7c5c270

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