Subclassing in .NET
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'General class to subclass any window (control,form..etc) Public Class SubclassWindow Inherits NativeWindow Dim m_Msg As Integer = -1 Dim bCatchMsg As Boolean = False Public Event OnProcessMessage(ByRef m As System.Windows.Forms.Message) Public Property CatchMessage() As Integer Get Return m_Msg End Get Set(ByVal Value As Integer) m_Msg = Value bCatchMsg = True End Set End Property Protected Overloads Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message) If bCatchMsg AndAlso m.Msg = m_Msg Then RaiseEvent OnProcessMessage(m) If Not m.Result.Equals(IntPtr.Zero) Then Return End If End If MyBase.WndProc(m) End Sub End Class '### Example How to use it #####' 'declare Dim withevents oSubclassTest as SubclassWindow 'then put the code in InitializeComponent or where you need oSubclassTest = New SubclassWindow With oSubclassCalendar .CatchMessage = WM_LBUTTONDOWN ' or other message .AssignHandle(textbox1.Handle) ' or any control/form..etc End With 'then catch the specific message within OnProcessMessage event Private Sub SubclassWindow_OnProcessMessage(ByRef m As System.Windows.Forms.Message) Handles oSubclassTest.OnProcessMessage 'insert your code here (processing...etc) ''''''''' 'to stop the message,set Result property: m.Result = New IntPtr(1) End Sub