Public Shared Sub AddMessageFilter ( _
    value As IMessageFilter _
)

Dim value As IMessageFilter

Application.AddMessageFilter(value)

public static void AddMessageFilter (
    IMessageFilter value
)

public:
static void AddMessageFilter (
    IMessageFilter^ value
)

public static void AddMessageFilter (
    IMessageFilter value
)

public static function AddMessageFilter (
    value : IMessageFilter
)

Parameters

value

The implementation of the IMessageFilter interface you want to install.

Use a message filter to prevent specific events from being raised or to perform special operations for an event before it is passed to an event handler. Message filters are unique to a specific thread.

To prevent a message from being dispatched, the value parameter instance that you pass to this method must override the PreFilterMessage method with the code to handle the message. The method must return false.

Caution
Adding message filters to the message pump for an application can degrade performance.

The following code example creates a message filter called TestMessageFilter. This filter blocks all messages relating to the left mouse button. Before you can use a message filter, you must provide an implementation for the IMessageFilter interface.

// Creates a  message filter.
public class TestMessageFilter implements IMessageFilter
{
    /** @attribute SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Flags = SecurityPermissionFlag.UnmanagedCode)
     */
    public boolean PreFilterMessage(
        /**@ref
         */
        Message m)
    {
        // Blocks all the messages relating to the left mouse button.
        if (m.get_Msg() >= 513 && m.get_Msg() <= 515) {
            Console.WriteLine("Processing the messages : " + m.get_Msg());
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    } //PreFilterMessage
} //TestMessageFilter

• SecurityPermission  for the immediate caller to call unmanaged code. Associated enumeration: SecurityPermissionFlag.UnmanagedCode

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