see here.
Necessity is the Mother of invention.
Example of using Larry's hook.dll to hook a MsgBox and move it anywhere on the screen. Call the _MsgBoxAu3() function the same as a regular MsgBox but with extra params for x,y,w,h
AutoIt
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ; ; AutoIt Version: 3.1.1++ ; Language: English ; Description: Functions to move a message box ; Author: eltorro <steve@ocotillo.sytes.net> ; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #Compiler_AU3Check_Parameters= -q -d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w- 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w 7 ;Au3Check parameters Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1) Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ;=============================================================================== Global $DLLinst, $hhCBT Global $dll Global $MbRect[5] ;index 0 is for hwnd, 1-4 are left, top, width, height ;=============================================================================== Const $WH_CBT = 5;window message to catch Const $HCBT_SETFOCUS = 0x1400 + 0x1A30 Const $HCBT_ACTIVATE = 0x1400 + 0x1A31;hook this one Const $HCBT_CREATEWND = 0x1400 + 0x1A32 Const $HCBT_DESTROYWND = 0x1400 + 0x1A33 Const $HCBT_MINMAX = 0x1400 + 0x1A34 ;=============================================================================== $dll = @ScriptDir & "\hook.dll" ; Where did that dll go???? If Not FileExists($dll) Then MsgBox(266288, "Error", "This example requires hook.dll." & @LF & _ "Please correct the path in the script if you have the dll.") Exit EndIf ;=============================================================================== ; Put message boxes at different places on the screen. For $i = 0 To 50 Step 10 _MsgBoxAu3(4096, "MsgBoxMove", "Msgbox #" & $i, 3, ($i * 10) , ($i * 10), 200+ ($i * 10), 100+ ($i * 10)) Next Exit ;=============================================================================== Func OnAutoItExit() DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "UnhookWindowsHookEx", "hwnd", $hhCBT[0]) DllCall("kernel32.dll", "int", "FreeLibrary", "hwnd", $DLLinst[0]) EndFunc ;==>OnAutoItExit ;=============================================================================== ; ; Function Name: _MsgBoxAu3() ; Description: Displays a MsgBox at the specified point ; Parameter(s): $sFlag Standard message box flags ; $sTitle The title of the message box. ; $sText The text of the message box ; $iTime The optional timeout ; $x=0 The top pos ; $y=0 The left pos ; $w=0 The width ; $h=0 The heighth ; Requirement(s): hook.dll and beta see post [url="http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23173"]http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23173[/url] ; Return Value(s): The return of the msgbox or 0 on failure ; Author(s): eltorro <steve@ocotillo.sytes.net> ; ;=============================================================================== Func _MsgBoxAu3($iFlag, $sTitle, $sText, $iTime = 0, $x = 0, $y = 0, $w = 0, $h = 0) Local $cbtHOOKproc Local $ret = 0 $DLLinst = DllCall("kernel32.dll", "hwnd", "LoadLibrary", "str", $dll) $cbtHOOKproc = DllCall("kernel32.dll", "hwnd", "GetProcAddress", "hwnd", $DLLinst[0], "str", "CBTProc") $hhCBT = DllCall("user32.dll", "hwnd", "SetWindowsHookEx", "int", $WH_CBT, _ "hwnd", $cbtHOOKproc[0], "hwnd", $DLLinst[0], "int", 0) ;**** Create a dummy window for the hook. Couldn't get this to work with Desktop hwnd. Local $gui = GUICreate("") ;little hack DllCall($dll, "int", "SetValuesCBT", "hwnd", $gui, "hwnd", $hhCBT[0]) If @error Then MsgBox(266288, "Error", "There was an erro with hook.dll." & @LF & "Exiting application now.") Exit EndIf GUIRegisterMsg($HCBT_ACTIVATE, "_MsgBoxMove") $MbRect[0] = 0 $MbRect[1] = $x $MbRect[2] = $y $MbRect[3] = $w $MbRect[4] = $h If $iTime Then $ret = MsgBox($iFlag, $sTitle, $sText, $iTime) Else $ret = MsgBox($iFlag, $sTitle, $sText) EndIf ;----- Release Hook and Library. DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "UnhookWindowsHookEx", "hwnd", $hhCBT[0]) DllCall("kernel32.dll", "int", "FreeLibrary", "hwnd", $DLLinst[0]) GUIDelete($gui) ; delete dummy window. Return $ret EndFunc ;==> _MsgBoxAu3 ;=============================================================================== ; ; Function Name: _MsgBoxMove ; Description: GuiRegister function ; Parameter(s): $hWndGUI The Window handle of the GUI in which the message appears. ; $MsgID The Windows message ID. ; $WParam The first message parameter as hex value ; $LParam The second message parameter as hex value. ; Requirement(s): ; Return Value(s): ; Author(s): ; ;=============================================================================== Func _MsgBoxMove($hWndGUI, $MsgID, $WParam, $LParam) Local $rc, $n, $buffer $n += 1 If $n > 25 Then $n = 25 $buffer = StringTrimLeft($buffer, StringInStr($buffer, @LF)) EndIf $buffer &= "CBT: " & $hWndGUI & "," & $MsgID & "," & $WParam & "," & $LParam & @LF ToolTip($buffer) if $MsgId = $HCBT_CREATEWND Then Sleep(10000) If $MsgID = $HCBT_ACTIVATE Then If $MbRect[0] = 0 Then $rc = DllStructCreate("int;int;int;int") DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "GetWindowRect", "hwnd", $WParam, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($rc)) If $MbRect[3] = 0 Then $MbRect[3] = DllStructGetData($rc, 3) - DllStructGetData($rc, 1) If $MbRect[4] = 0 Then $MbRect[4] = DllStructGetData($rc, 4) - DllStructGetData($rc, 2) DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "MoveWindow", "hwnd", $WParam, "int", $MbRect[1], "int", $MbRect[2], "int", $MbRect[3], "int", $MbRect[4], "int", True) $MbRect[0] = $WParam EndIf EndIf $rc = 0 ;Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG EndFunc ;==>_MsgBoxMove
Regards,
eltorro
Edit: added hyperlink to Larry's hook topic.
Edited by eltorro, 09 May 2007 - 06:33 AM.
