
LowLevelMouseProc callback function
An application-defined or library-defined callback function used with the SetWindowsHookEx function. The system calls this function every time a new mouse input event is about to be posted into a thread input queue.
The HOOKPROC type defines a pointer to this callback function. LowLevelMouseProc is a placeholder for the application-defined or library-defined function name.
Syntax
LRESULT CALLBACK LowLevelMouseProc(
_In_ int nCode,
_In_ WPARAM wParam,
_In_ LPARAM lParam
);
Parameters
- nCode [in]
-
Type: int
A code the hook procedure uses to determine how to process the message. If nCode is less than zero, the hook procedure must pass the message to the CallNextHookEx function without further processing and should return the value returned by CallNextHookEx. This parameter can be one of the following values.
Value Meaning - HC_ACTION
- 0
The wParam and lParam parameters contain information about a mouse message.
- wParam [in]
-
Type: WPARAM
The identifier of the mouse message. This parameter can be one of the following messages: WM_LBUTTONDOWN, WM_LBUTTONUP, WM_MOUSEMOVE, WM_MOUSEWHEEL, WM_MOUSEHWHEEL, WM_RBUTTONDOWN, or WM_RBUTTONUP.
- lParam [in]
-
Type: LPARAM
A pointer to an MSLLHOOKSTRUCT structure.
Return value
Type: Type: LRESULT
If nCode is less than zero, the hook procedure must return the value returned by CallNextHookEx.
If nCode is greater than or equal to zero, and the hook procedure did not process the message, it is highly recommended that you call CallNextHookEx and return the value it returns; otherwise, other applications that have installed WH_MOUSE_LL hooks will not receive hook notifications and may behave incorrectly as a result. If the hook procedure processed the message, it may return a nonzero value to prevent the system from passing the message to the rest of the hook chain or the target window procedure.
Remarks
An application installs the hook procedure by specifying the WH_MOUSE_LL hook type and a pointer to the hook procedure in a call to the SetWindowsHookEx function.
This hook is called in the context of the thread that installed it. The call is made by sending a message to the thread that installed the hook. Therefore, the thread that installed the hook must have a message loop.
The mouse input can come from the local mouse driver or from calls to the mouse_event function. If the input comes from a call to mouse_event, the input was "injected". However, the WH_MOUSE_LL hook is not injected into another process. Instead, the context switches back to the process that installed the hook and it is called in its original context. Then the context switches back to the application that generated the event.
The hook procedure should process a message in less time than the data entry specified in the LowLevelHooksTimeout value in the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
The value is in milliseconds. If the hook procedure times out, the system passes the message to the next hook. However, on Windows 7 and later, the hook is silently removed without being called. There is no way for the application to know whether the hook is removed.
Requirements
Minimum supported client |
Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] |
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Minimum supported server |
Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
Header |
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See also
- Reference
- CallNextHookEx
- mouse_event
- MSLLHOOKSTRUCT
- SetWindowsHookEx
- WM_LBUTTONDOWN
- WM_LBUTTONUP
- WM_MOUSEMOVE
- WM_MOUSEWHEEL
- WM_RBUTTONDOWN
- WM_RBUTTONUP
- Conceptual
- Hooks
- About Hooks