On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 23:36, Alexandre Julliard wrote: > But you can't use that one to protect the global list.
Nope. As I said, I guess we need a separate section for that. > > Better way to do it then? > > Using SendMessage to do the changes in the proper context; but we need > a separate process to manage the window, we don't want to go around > creating threads behind the application's back. Is that a condition for the patch going in then? Also, is there a reason not to create threads behind the apps back? What I mean is, does that break some apps that don't expect it, or is it just a cleanliness thing. IIRC Microsoft not only create threads but entire windows implicitly as part of the OLE APIs. thanks -mike
