I created a wrapper function for CreateWindowEx
API function and used it from a VBScript. This is the VBScript:
Dim Result, wcx(10) 'VARIANT ARRAY(10) - WNDCLASSEX
wcx(5) = WINAPI.WinAPI_LoadIcon(NULL, 32516) 'hIcon (IDI_INFORMATION)
wcx(6) = WINAPI.WinAPI_LoadCursor(NULL, 32649) 'hCursor (IDC_HAND)
wcx(7) = 3 'hbrBackground (COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION + 1)
wcx(9) = "DUMMY_CLASS" 'lpszClassName
wcx(10) = WINAPI.WinAPI_LoadIcon(NULL, 32516) 'hIconSm (SAME as hIcon)
'PASS THE VARIANT ARRAY TO THE WRAPPER FUNCTION
Result = WINAPI.WinAPI_RegisterClassEx(wcx)
Dim Style: Style = CLng(&H00CF0000) 'WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW
Dim ExStyle: ExStyle = CLng(&H00000100) 'WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE
If CLng(Result) > 0 Then
'CREATE THE WINDOW
Result = WINAPI.WinAPI_CreateWindowEx(ExStyle, "DUMMY_CLASS", "Hello World!", Style, 875, 6, 400, 300, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL)
WINAPI.WinAPI_ShowWindow Result, 5
WScript.Echo "CreateWindowEx returned 0x" + CStr(UCase(Hex(Result)))
End If
The window creates as expected and displays fine. But I am wondering why Windows Script Host terminates when I click the created window's close button.
And I tested CreateWindowEx
using AutoIt, when I closed the created window, AutoIt3.exe is not terminated and it continued running script unlike Windows Script Host.
I like to keep Windows Script Host running even I close the created window.
Isn't there anyway to achieve what I want and I like to know what is the reason for this to happen with Windows Script Host.
I fixed the problem by changing the window procedure as below:
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(_In_ HWND hwnd, _In_ UINT uMsg, _In_ WPARAM wParam, _In_ LPARAM lParam) {
switch (uMsg)
{
case WM_CLOSE:
DestroyWindow(hwnd);
break;
/*FOLLOWING LINES WERE REMOVED:
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage(0);
break;*/
default: return DefWindowProc(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
}
return 0;
}
The problem occurred because I forgot that Windows Script Host isn't act as a standard WinForms application, so it doesn't need to be closed when window gets destroyed.