Huh... well, if it requires a keyboard hook then it really is kinda complex to add this "Alt-Tab" catching behavior.
As far as adding a keyboard/mouse hook in general, I am kinda stuck on that one. I can't decide if it is better to build a small DLL with Visual Studio with a defined interface that XWin.exe uses (if it can load the DLL), or if it is better (or even a good idea) to try to build a small hook DLL with MinGW. Any comments?
Harold
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Sam Edge wrote:
Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in gmane.os.cygwin.xfree on Wed, 2 Jul 2003 19:26:44 -0400 (EDT):
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
There is the possibility that Alt+Tab can only be trapped on NT-based OSes, but that isn't much more to worry about.
Win98, at least, has a Misc tab in shortcut properties, that lists Windows shortcut keys to ignore (let the application handle). Alt-Tab is one of them. Thus, you could instruct the users set up a shortcut to XWin.exe and let it handle Alt-Tab, even if XWin.exe can't capture it itself. P.S. I'm not sure Win95/ME have this feature.
I think you'll find that the Misc property page is only available with shortcuts to DOS-mode applications. Windows-native executables like XWin.exe don't have it.
Yes, you're right. However, after some more digging, it seems that keyboard hooks (perhaps similar to what Harold suggested earlier?) *can* be used on Win9x to intercept hotkeys (e.g., Alt-Tab) in Win32 apps. I haven't found the exact instructions on MSDN, though... Igor
