Re: [Mingw-users] unknown strategy, pls help.

[Luke D. <cod...@ho...>]

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From: "M Joshua Ryan" <s10...@ad...>
To: <min...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 7:19 AM
Subject: [Mingw-users] unknown strategy, pls help.


> I recently decided to write a program as a present to a friend
> of mine to pause the clock in minesweeper so he can get better
> scores at work where he is constantly interrupted. Does anyone
> know how this might be done? or even if it is possible?
>
> I'm guessing that Minesweeper uses SetTimer and increments its
> count whenever the timer message is received. And I further
> guess that I'll need to install some kind of hook to intercept
> the messages and remove them. Any pointers/advice/warnings?
>
> M Joshua Ryan
> We gotta feed America!

You could use SetWindowsHookEx(WH_GETMESSAGE, ...) to install the hook to
intercept WM_TIMER messages. See the MSDN documenation for more information,
and ask again if can't get it to work (unless it is because Minesweeper
doesn't use SetTimer).

Luke Dunstan