Top "Hook" questions

A hook refers to replacing or extending a system or application's default behavior with a custom behavior for a specific event.

Difference between WH_KEYBOARD and WH_KEYBOARD_LL?

What is the difference between the working of two? For WH_KEYBOARD_LL, I read that it Installs a hook …

c++ c winapi hook wh-keyboard-ll
What is the point of VirtualProtect when any process, including malware, can use it?

I understand that the VirtualProtect function changes the permissions on a page in memory without question. Surely this ends up …

c++ c memory hook detours
woocommerce_form_field and hidden fields

I'm trying to add custom fields to the WooCommerce checkout and there seems to be no output for hidden fields. …

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How to get selected text of any application into a windows form application

This is what am trying to do, When user select any word(text) of any running application by double clicking …

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C++ - Detours WinSock Hooking

What I am trying to do is use the Detours library to hook into an applications WinSock2 send() and recv() …

c++ winsock recv hook detours
Anonymous functions in WordPress hooks

WordPress hooks can be used in two ways: using callback function name and appropriate function add_action( 'action_name', 'callback_…

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Intercepting the Fn key on laptops

Sometimes when I work on Thinkpads/MSI laptops, the Ctrl and Fn key are swapped (Fn being the leftmost key), …

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How to do a PHP hook system?

How do you impliment a hook system in a PHP application to change the code before or after it executes. …

php plugins module content-management-system hook
How to automatically invoke a script before a git add?

Here's my use case: I commit PNGs and other stuff in my Git repo. I would like to apply a …

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Combined SVN FTP system?

Are there any systems out there where one can check in changes for a website and have that automatically update …

svn ftp hook web-deployment