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APIHijack - A Library for easy DLL function hooking.

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15 Sep 2000CPOL 801.7K   10.5K   173   156
This library allows you to replace functions in other DLLs with functions from your own DLL.
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    Introduction

    Based on DelayLoadProfileDLL.CPP, by Matt Pietrek for MSJ February 2000. This code is intended to be included in a DLL inserted through a global Windows Hook (CBT hook for example). It will replace functions from other DLLs (e.g. DDRAW.DLL) with functions from your DLL.

    Functions are hooked by passing a parameter structure to the HookAPICalls() function as follows:

    SDLLHook D3DHook = 
    {
        "DDRAW.DLL",
        false, NULL,    // Default hook disabled, NULL function pointer.
        {
            { "DirectDrawCreate", MyDirectDrawCreate },
            { NULL, NULL }
        }
    };
    
    BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HINSTANCE hModule, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpReserved)
    {
        if ( fdwReason == DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH )  // When initializing....
        {
            hDLL = hModule;
    
            // We don't need thread notifications for what we're doing.  Thus, 
            // get rid of them, thereby eliminating some of the overhead of 
            // this DLL
            DisableThreadLibraryCalls( hModule );
    
            // Only hook the APIs if this is the right process.
            GetModuleFileName( GetModuleHandle( NULL ), Work, sizeof(Work) );
            PathStripPath( Work );
    
            if ( stricmp( Work, "myhooktarget.exe" ) == 0 )
                HookAPICalls( &D3DHook );
        }
    
        return TRUE;
    }

    Now all that remains is to get your DLL loaded into the target process.

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    This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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    GeneralRetreiving variable Pin
    Member 178030014-Aug-05 4:04
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    GeneralHooking dynamicly loaded DLLs functions Pin
    seybold23-May-05 22:33
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    GeneralRe: Hooking dynamicly loaded DLLs functions Pin
    dchris_med14-Feb-06 3:16
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    GeneralLooking like a atlternative of DsSubCls.dll Pin
    ThatsAlok3-Dec-04 19:10
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    GeneralHooked function address is replaced by Original one Pin
    samren23-Sep-04 20:07
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    GeneralRe: Hooked function address is replaced by Original one Pin
    Member 108017311-Oct-04 2:32
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    GeneralRe: Hooked function address is replaced by Original one Pin
    sturlamolden12-Oct-06 12:58
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    GeneralCallbacks from inside Pin
    K-ballo20-Aug-04 14:34
    K-ballo20-Aug-04 14:34 
    I want to call a function that is in the exe that does the Hook Installation, when certain functions of the windows registry are called. I don't have problems to do that, except that the callback function can't be called from the dll (Access violation writing location 0x00000000). How could I make that work? In case that I can't do it that way, how can I do that??? Thank you.
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    GeneralRe: can't do it for . . . Pin
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    QuestionHow to hook DELAY IMPORT Address Table Pin
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    QuestionHow can i hook com methods Pin
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    QuestionHow can I change the characters of a message after hooking ? Pin
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    QuestionHow to remove hook Pin
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