Re: Is SetWindowsHookEx reentrant (with MessageBox????) ??? or is it a

From:
"Alex Blekhman" <tkfx.REMOVE@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:59:09 +0300
Message-ID:
<OkS0lpE4IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
"cox" wrote:

I am using Windows Hook (type = WH_GETMESSAGE) and it seems
that it is reentrant. I'd like to check, because I don't see
this kind of information at the documentation.


Obviously, the procedure for WH_GETMESSAGE hook is reentrant in
exactly the same way as your message procedure is reentrant.

When the Menu is selected and the 3 PostMessages called, I
receive 3 messageboxes with ids 3, 2, 1. I expected receive the
3 MessageBoxes, but ids 1, 2, 3
[...]
Anybody here can explain me why this kind of behaviour?? If I do
not call MessageBox(..) the HookProc works as expected. It will
call the HookProc in the correct order and waits the end of one
call to start anothers.


The hook procedure is called in correct order all the time, no
matter with or without message boxes. The message boxes appear on
screen in the reverse order. That is what confuses you. Calls to
the hook procedure can be presented in this pseudocode:

PostMessage(1);
PostMessage(2);
PostMessage(3);

Your message loop:
GetMessage 1
   Call HookProc
      Call MessageBox
         MessageBox's message loop:
         GetMessage 2
            Call HookProc
               Call MessageBox
                  MessageBox's message loop:
                  GetMessage 3
                     Call HookProc
                        Call MessageBox
                           MessageBox's message loop:
                           Show Message Box: 3
                           Click OK
                           Exit message loop
                     Exit HookProc
                  Show Message Box: 2
                  Click OK
                  Exit message loop
            Exit HookProc
         Show Message Box: 1
         Click OK
         Exit message loop
      Exit HookProc
   ...

So, you see message box with 3 first, but it happens because
message box established message loop first and shows itself
second.

HTH
Alex

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