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Thanks alot. Really appreciated.

"Early Ehlinger" <early@respower.com> wrote in message
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> "Stephane Baillargeon" <sbaillargeon@microids.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to detect the ALT+TAB app switcher and control it?
> >
> > We want the user to be able to hit the ALT+TAB keys in order to
> > change the current task. Is there a way to detect this combination
> > of keys in a WinAPI point of view and stop the task switch
> > momentarly to do some proccessing like stopping the
> > game's threads?
>
> I think the answer is no, but that's not to say you can't have the same
> effect :)
>
> From MSDN:
>
>     The WM_ACTIVATEAPP message is sent when a
>     window belonging to a different application
>     than the active window is about to be activated.
>     The message is sent to the application whose
>     window is being activated and to the application
>     whose window is being deactivated.
>
>     wParam
>
>     Specifies whether the window is being activated or
>     deactivated. This parameter is TRUE if the window
>     is being activated; it is FALSE if the window is
>     being deactivated.
>
> So all you need to do is catch WM_ACTIVATEAPP. If wParam is TRUE, resume
all
> your threads. Otherwise, suspend them.
>
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