[python-win32] window events via SetWindowsHookExA

Tim Roberts timr at probo.com
Fri Sep 18 20:24:26 CEST 2009


Antoine Martin wrote:
>
> Yes, I used "dll_handle" without really understanding it... It just
> refused to register the hook otherwise, as it is a "global" one.
> I'll use another technique I think, but just for my own knowledge: if I
> made a DLL with my hook, how would it get loaded into the other
> processes' address space? Just by calling SetWindowsHookExA()?
>   

Yes.  Windows handles that automatically.  People don't always realize
how much overhead is involved in a Windows hook, but there's a lot going
on there.

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.



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