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How to: Hit Test Using a Win32 Host Container

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You can create visual objects within a Win32 window by providing a host window container for the visual objects. To provide event handling for the contained visual objects you process the messages passed to the host window container’s message filter loop. Refer to Tutorial: Hosting Visual Objects in a Win32 Application for more information on how to host visual objects in a Win32 window.

Example

The following code shows how to set up mouse event handlers for a Win32 window that is used as a host container for visual objects.

// Constant values from the "winuser.h" header file.
internal const int WM_LBUTTONUP = 0x0202,
                   WM_RBUTTONUP = 0x0205;

internal static IntPtr ApplicationMessageFilter(
    IntPtr hwnd, int message, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, ref bool handled)
{
    // Handle messages passed to the visual.
    switch (message)
    {
        // Handle the left and right mouse button up messages.
        case WM_LBUTTONUP:
        case WM_RBUTTONUP:
            System.Windows.Point pt = new System.Windows.Point();
            pt.X = (uint)lParam & (uint)0x0000ffff;  // LOWORD = x
            pt.Y = (uint)lParam >> 16;               // HIWORD = y
            MyShape.OnHitTest(pt, message);
            break;
    }

    return IntPtr.Zero;
}

' Constant values from the "winuser.h" header file.
Friend Const WM_LBUTTONUP As Integer = &H202, WM_RBUTTONUP As Integer = &H205

Friend Shared Function ApplicationMessageFilter(ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal message As Integer, ByVal wParam As IntPtr, ByVal lParam As IntPtr, ByRef handled As Boolean) As IntPtr
    ' Handle messages passed to the visual.
    Select Case message
        ' Handle the left and right mouse button up messages.
        Case WM_LBUTTONUP, WM_RBUTTONUP
            Dim pt As New System.Windows.Point()
            pt.X = CUInt(lParam) And CUInt(&HFFFF) ' LOWORD = x
            pt.Y = CUInt(lParam) >> 16 ' HIWORD = y
            MyShape.OnHitTest(pt, message)
    End Select

    Return IntPtr.Zero
End Function

The following example shows how to set up a hit test in response to trapping specific mouse events.

// Constant values from the "winuser.h" header file.
public const int WM_LBUTTONUP = 0x0202,
                 WM_RBUTTONUP = 0x0205;

// Respond to WM_LBUTTONUP or WM_RBUTTONUP messages by determining which visual object was clicked.
public static void OnHitTest(System.Windows.Point pt, int msg)
{
    // Clear the contents of the list used for hit test results.
    hitResultsList.Clear();

    // Determine whether to change the color of the circle or to delete the shape.
    if (msg == WM_LBUTTONUP)
    {
        MyWindow.changeColor = true;
    }
    if (msg == WM_RBUTTONUP)
    {
        MyWindow.changeColor = false;
    }

    // Set up a callback to receive the hit test results enumeration.
    VisualTreeHelper.HitTest(MyWindow.myHwndSource.RootVisual,
                             null,
                             new HitTestResultCallback(CircleHitTestResult),
                             new PointHitTestParameters(pt));

    // Perform actions on the hit test results list.
    if (hitResultsList.Count > 0)
    {
        ProcessHitTestResultsList();
    }
}

' Constant values from the "winuser.h" header file.
Public Const WM_LBUTTONUP As Integer = &H0202, WM_RBUTTONUP As Integer = &H0205

' Respond to WM_LBUTTONUP or WM_RBUTTONUP messages by determining which visual object was clicked.
Public Shared Sub OnHitTest(ByVal pt As System.Windows.Point, ByVal msg As Integer)
    ' Clear the contents of the list used for hit test results.
    hitResultsList.Clear()

    ' Determine whether to change the color of the circle or to delete the shape.
    If msg = WM_LBUTTONUP Then
        MyWindow.changeColor = True
    End If
    If msg = WM_RBUTTONUP Then
        MyWindow.changeColor = False
    End If

    ' Set up a callback to receive the hit test results enumeration.
    VisualTreeHelper.HitTest(MyWindow.myHwndSource.RootVisual, Nothing, New HitTestResultCallback(AddressOf CircleHitTestResult), New PointHitTestParameters(pt))

    ' Perform actions on the hit test results list.
    If hitResultsList.Count > 0 Then
        ProcessHitTestResultsList()
    End If
End Sub

The HwndSource object presents Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) content within a Win32 window. The value of the RootVisual property of the HwndSource object represents the top-most node in the visual tree hierarchy.

For the complete sample on hit testing objects using a Win32 host container, see Hit Test with Win32 Interoperation Sample.

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