WndProc messages in plugin (1 Viewer)

[Shukuyen]

Hi,

I am trying to develop a plugin but ran into some problems. I want to listen to events dispatched by windows via the windows message queue. Normally in WindowsForms applications this could be done by overriding the WndProc function. As the plugin is a DLL my class is not derived from System.Windows.Forms.Form therefor I don't have a WndProc function to override.

I tried to just add a class derived from Form, but the message queue won't be available until I show the form. As you know, that is not possible.

Does anyone here know another way to get the windows messages in a MediaPortal plugin?
I stumbled over the class NativeWindow, but it needs a windowId to work - same problem as before :-/

Thanks,
Shukuyen.

 

[RealSlimShady]

Hi,

has anyone found solution for this problem yet?

I am writing a process plugin with this USB HID component and I have stumbled on to the same problem...
Response is received through WndProc, which is not used by Mediaportal forms.


Rgds,
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[kro]

Just create a dummy form. and in your initialization do something like this:

myForm = new Form1();
Application.Run(myForm); //This will create the message pump.