Thread: Obtaining HHOOK for CallNextHookEx

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    Obtaining HHOOK for CallNextHookEx

    In my KeyboardProc in my dll, how can I obtain the handle returned to the hook by SetWindowsHookEx so that I can call CallNextHookEx?

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    It's passed to your hook function. Read the MSDN.

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    huh

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    Oops. My bad. Hook handle is return by SetWindowsHookEx.

    Eg.

    Code:
    LRESULT __stdcall LowLevelKeyboardProc (DWORD code, WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam)
    {
       if (code == HC_ACTION) /* A key was pressed */
       {
          KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT *hookstruct = (KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT *)lparam;
          /* Send key to our main program */
          PostMessage (hWnd, WM_U_HOOKMSG, (hookstruct->vkCode << 16) + hookstruct->scanCode, hookstruct->flags);
       }
       /* Otherwise pass it down... */
       return (CallNextHookEx (hookHandle, code, wparam, lparam));
    }
    where the init call is:

    Code:
    hookHandle = SetWindowsHookEx (WH_KEYBOARD_LL, (HOOKPROC)&LowLevelKeyboardProc, HInstance, 0);

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    Yeah, my problem was that the proc function was assigned in a dll, separate from the actual hook call. I just ended up using a startup function.

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