The Old New Thing

September 7, 2005 - The Old New Thing

Declared unsuitable for minors in Australia! Sort of.

September 7, 2005 Sep 7, 2005 09/7/05
Raymond Chen
A colleague of mine wrote to let me know Your blog is blocked as "adult content" in the internet cafe I'm currently using in Adelaide, South Australia. Other MSDN blogs show up without problem. You must have really have spiffed up the content since I left the states! Perhaps that should be my new subtitle. "The Old New Thing: Must be 18...

Why aren’t low-level hooks injected?

September 7, 2005 Sep 7, 2005 09/7/05
Raymond Chen
When I described what the HINSTANCE parameter to the function is for, I neglected to mention why the low-level hooks are not injected. But then again, it should be obvious. The low-level hooks let you see input as it arrives at the window manager. At this low level of processing, the window manager hasn't yet decided what window will ...