by Stephan Kirchmaier (8 Submissions)
Category: Coding Standards
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Advanced
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(5 Votes)
This code simulates subclassing without the AdressOf-Operator. It's much safer than the "SetWindowLong-Method". The code shows a MessageBox when you click on the form (it's only a simple example!)
API Declarationssee code, PS: You must press a button to end the programm and the app must start with Sub Main!
PPS: Vote 4 me , pls.!
VBcoders'*****Form1*****'
Option Explicit
Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
PostQuitMessage 0&
End Sub
'*****Module1*****'
Option Explicit
Public Declare Function PeekMessage Lib "user32" Alias "PeekMessageA" (lpMsg As msg, ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsgFilterMin As Long, ByVal wMsgFilterMax As Long, ByVal wRemoveMsg As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function DispatchMessage Lib "user32" Alias "DispatchMessageA" (lpMsg As msg) As Long
Public Declare Function TranslateMessage Lib "user32" (lpMsg As msg) As Long
Public Declare Sub PostQuitMessage Lib "user32" (ByVal nExitCode As Long)
Public Type POINTAPI
x As Long
y As Long
End Type
Public Type msg
hwnd As Long
message As Long
wParam As Long
lParam As Long
time As Long
pt As POINTAPI
End Type
Public Const PM_REMOVE = &H1
Public Const WM_QUIT = &H12
Public Const WM_RBUTTONDOWN = &H204
Private Sub Main()
Dim tMsg As msg
Load Form1
Form1.Show
Do
If PeekMessage(tMsg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE) Then
If tMsg.message = WM_QUIT Then Exit Do
If tMsg.message = WM_RBUTTONDOWN Then
MsgBox "You clicked the right mousebutton!" & vbCr & "Press a key to end the app"
End If
TranslateMessage tMsg
DispatchMessage tMsg
Else
'There's nothing to do for your App!
'In a game you could draw a new frame,
'this is much faster than using the Timer!
End If
Loop Until False
Unload Form1
End Sub
