Cannot hook WM_CREATE or WM_SHOWWINDOW for App Crash Dialog

[Mike Ruf]

Hello all,

I'm trying to keep track of windows as they are being created.
I'm using SetWindowsHookEx to hook WM_CREATE and
WM_SHOWWINDOW messages.

This works fine for all types of windows except for the app
crash dialog. I have a test app that generates this dialog
by trying to derefence 0.

I've tried Microsoft's spy++ utility, and it doesn't
get the messages either.

Any ideas?

--Mike Ruf
Eucalyptus Software

[Mike Philben]

If I'm not mistaken, this guy just bubbles up from Kernel without
creating and activating windows,

Mike Philben

On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 08:51:56 -0500, "Mike Ruf" <r...@eucalyptus.net>
wrote:

Nothing is too small to be blown out of proportion.

[Mike Ruf]

True. However, a window is created to inform the user that
the app had an access violation. I've been told that windows
hooks just don't work on this type of system dialog.

--Mike Ruf

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