How to handle WndProc messages in WPF?

Question

In Windows Forms, I\'d just override WndProc, and start handling messages as they came in.

Can someone show me an example of how to achieve the same thi

Answer 1

Here is a link on overriding WindProc using Behaviors: http://10rem.net/blog/2010/01/09/a-wpf-behavior-for-window-resize-events-in-net-35

[Edit: better late than never] Below is my implementation based on the above link. Although revisiting this I like the AddHook implementations better. I might switch to that.

In my case I wanted to know when the window was being resized and a couple other things. This implementation hooks up to the Window xaml and sends events.

using System;
using System.Windows.Interactivity;
using System.Windows; // For Window in behavior
using System.Windows.Interop; // For Hwnd

public class WindowResizeEvents : Behavior
    {
        public event EventHandler Resized;
        public event EventHandler Resizing;
        public event EventHandler Maximized;
        public event EventHandler Minimized;
        public event EventHandler Restored;

        public static DependencyProperty IsAppAskCloseProperty =  DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("IsAppAskClose", typeof(bool), typeof(WindowResizeEvents));
        public Boolean IsAppAskClose
        {
            get { return (Boolean)this.GetValue(IsAppAskCloseProperty); }
            set { this.SetValue(IsAppAskCloseProperty, value); }
        }

        // called when the behavior is attached
        // hook the wndproc
        protected override void OnAttached()
        {
            base.OnAttached();

            AssociatedObject.Loaded += (s, e) =>
            {
                WireUpWndProc();
            };
        }

        // call when the behavior is detached
        // clean up our winproc hook
        protected override void OnDetaching()
        {
            RemoveWndProc();

            base.OnDetaching();
        }

        private HwndSourceHook _hook;

        private void WireUpWndProc()
        {
            HwndSource source = HwndSource.FromVisual(AssociatedObject) as HwndSource;

            if (source != null)
            {
                _hook = new HwndSourceHook(WndProc);
                source.AddHook(_hook);
            }
        }

        private void RemoveWndProc()
        {
            HwndSource source = HwndSource.FromVisual(AssociatedObject) as HwndSource;

            if (source != null)
            {
                source.RemoveHook(_hook);
            }
        }

        private const Int32 WM_EXITSIZEMOVE = 0x0232;
        private const Int32 WM_SIZING = 0x0214;
        private const Int32 WM_SIZE = 0x0005;

        private const Int32 SIZE_RESTORED = 0x0000;
        private const Int32 SIZE_MINIMIZED = 0x0001;
        private const Int32 SIZE_MAXIMIZED = 0x0002;
        private const Int32 SIZE_MAXSHOW = 0x0003;
        private const Int32 SIZE_MAXHIDE = 0x0004;

        private const Int32 WM_QUERYENDSESSION = 0x0011;
        private const Int32 ENDSESSION_CLOSEAPP = 0x1;
        private const Int32 WM_ENDSESSION = 0x0016;

        private IntPtr WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, ref Boolean handled)
        {
            IntPtr result = IntPtr.Zero;

            switch (msg)
            {
                case WM_SIZING:             // sizing gets interactive resize
                    OnResizing();
                    break;

                case WM_SIZE:               // size gets minimize/maximize as well as final size
                    {
                        int param = wParam.ToInt32();

                        switch (param)
                        {
                            case SIZE_RESTORED:
                                OnRestored();
                                break;
                            case SIZE_MINIMIZED:
                                OnMinimized();
                                break;
                            case SIZE_MAXIMIZED:
                                OnMaximized();
                                break;
                            case SIZE_MAXSHOW:
                                break;
                            case SIZE_MAXHIDE:
                                break;
                        }
                    }
                    break;

                case WM_EXITSIZEMOVE:
                    OnResized();
                    break;

                // Windows is requesting app to close.    
                // See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376890%28v=vs.85%29.aspx.
                // Use the default response (yes).
                case WM_QUERYENDSESSION:
                    IsAppAskClose = true; 
                    break;
            }

            return result;
        }

        private void OnResizing()
        {
            if (Resizing != null)
                Resizing(AssociatedObject, EventArgs.Empty);
        }

        private void OnResized()
        {
            if (Resized != null)
                Resized(AssociatedObject, EventArgs.Empty);
        }

        private void OnRestored()
        {
            if (Restored != null)
                Restored(AssociatedObject, EventArgs.Empty);
        }

        private void OnMinimized()
        {
            if (Minimized != null)
                Minimized(AssociatedObject, EventArgs.Empty);
        }

        private void OnMaximized()
        {
            if (Maximized != null)
                Maximized(AssociatedObject, EventArgs.Empty);
        }
    }



    
        
    

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