ForegroundIdleProc

The ForegroundIdleProc hook procedure is an application-defined or library-defined callback function used with the SetWindowsHookEx function. The system calls this function whenever the foreground thread is about to become idle.

The HOOKPROC type defines a pointer to this callback function. ForegroundIdleProc is a placeholder for the application-defined or library-defined function name.

DWORD CALLBACK ForegroundIdleProc(
  int code,      // hook code
  DWORD wParam,  // not used
  LONG lParam    // not used
);
 

Parameters

code

Specifies whether the hook procedure must process the message. If code is HC_ACTION, the hook procedure must process the message. If code 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.

wParam

Not used.

lParam

Not used.

Return Values

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, it is highly recommended that you call CallNextHookEx and return the value it returns; otherwise, other applications that have installed WH_FOREGROUNDIDLE hooks will not receive hook notifications and may behave incorrectly as a result. If the hook procedure does not call CallNextHookEx, the return value should be zero.

Remarks

An application installs this hook procedure by specifying the WH_FOREGROUNDIDLE hook type and the pointer to the hook procedure in a call to the SetWindowsHookEx function.

This is a thread-specific hook.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Unsupported.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winuser.h.
  Import Library: User-defined.

See Also

Hooks Overview, Hook Functions, CallNextHookEx, SetWindowsHookEx