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Re: Fwd: 1.5.25 : Win32 API function RegisterShellWindowHook not supported
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:53:45 -0500
- Subject: Re: Fwd: 1.5.25 : Win32 API function RegisterShellWindowHook not supported
- References: <23f4d5c70812140819p1b38b91fh7ac0a032fda113cc@mail.gmail.com> <23f4d5c70812140822j1259f237ka0466086c03b1b20@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 09:22:05AM -0700, Tim Stewart wrote:
>Environment:
>
> cygcheck -s shows that I'm running the 1.5.25 version of cygwin1.dll.
>
> I just updated my system a few days ago.
>
> I'm trying to compile some C++ code using g++.
>
>Documentation for the missing API function:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644989.aspx
>
>The Problem:
>
> The above documentation states that the function should be located
>in winuser.h but it's not. Its related function
>DeregisterShellWindowHook is in winuser.h.
>
> Even if I add a hand-coded prototype for this function, I get a
>linker error stating that the RegisterShellWindowProc function was
>unresolved. That's because it's not included in libuser32.a.
>
>Workaround:
>
> I am using GetProcAddress to access the function. For example:
>
> ::GetProcAddress(::GetModuleHandle("USER32.DLL"),
>"RegisterShellHookWindow");
You probably want to report this to the MinGW folks at http://mingw.org/
The focus of this project is to provide POSIX functionality. Windows
functions are really only an afterthought and are not guaranteed to be
fully supported.
cgf
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