Book Description
With Subclassing and the Windows hooking mechanism ("hooks"), you can manipulate, modify, or even discard messages bound for other objects within the operating system, in the process changing the way in which the system behaves. Along with this power comes responsibility; Windows is very unforgiving if subclassing and hooking techniques are used incorrectly. Subclassing & Hooking with Visual Basic demonstrates how to use the various techniques that deal with the interception of messages bound for one or more windows or controls: you can leave the intercepted message in its original state or modify it; afterwards, you can send the message to its original destination or discard it. For both VB 6 and VB.NET developers, this book opens up a wealth of possibilities that ordinarily would be completely unavailable, or at least not easy to implement.
About the author
Stephen Teilhet earned a degree in electrical engineering but soon got into writing software. He has worked for several consulting companies on a wide range of projects, specializing in Visual Basic, C++ MTS, COM+, MSMQ, and SQL Server. His interest in understanding the underlying mechanisms of software, rather than just using the software, is what led him to write this book. He has also written for the Visual Basic Programmers Journal. Stephen currently works for Compuware NuMega Labs in Nashua, New Hampshire, where he is immersed in the Microsoft .NET technologies.
