Re: System-wide hooking, VB+ASM

Paul,

> You may be able to find any number common attributes, in particular
because we're talking about a
> type of Windows PE, specifically a DLL.

Exactly.

> However, for whatever reason, you seem to want to
> marginalize the differences in the implementation between a COM and
non-COM DLL.

No, I just know that adding COM functionality to a DLL does not change the
underlying architecture. It only adds something more.

> I think it's rather obvious that an ActiveX DLL doesn't implement the same
standard Windows DLL
> calling convention.

Well, the underlying architecture implements exactly that when exporting COM
functionality. Only by using a high-level language such as VB is that hidden
from us.

At any rate, I think this dead horse has been beat enough.

For this thread, it was stated (not by you) that VB DLLs could not be used
for system-wide hooks because they were not regular DLLs. Certainly, in that
context, the statement is false.

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