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Mouse Gestures for Internet Explorer

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Adding mouse gesture recognition to Internet Explorer.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// BrowserWatcher.cpp
//
// Created: 23/09/2003
// Copyright (c) 2003 Ralph Hare (ralph.hare@ysgyfarnog.co.uk)
// All rights reserved.
//
// The code and information is provided "as-is" without
// warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "BrowserWatcher.h"
#include "WindowHelper.h"

#include "BrowserWatcher50.h"
#include "BrowserWatcher55.h"
#include "BrowserWatcher60.h"
#include "BrowserWatcher70.h"

namespace
{
    HWND get_HWND( IWebBrowser2 *pWebBrowser )
    {
        HWND    hWnd = NULL;
        pWebBrowser->get_HWND( reinterpret_cast< long * >( &hWnd ) );
        return hWnd;
    }

    LPCTSTR     CLASS_SHELL_DOC_VIEW    = _T( "Shell DocObject View" );
    LPCTSTR     CLASS_SHELL_EMBEDDING   = _T( "Shell Embedding" );
    LPCTSTR     CLASS_IE_SERVER         = _T( "Internet Explorer_Server" );
}

BrowserWatcher::BrowserWatcher( IWebBrowser2 *pWebBrowser, GestureTracker::Observer *pObserver ) :
    m_pWebBrowser( pWebBrowser ),
    m_pObserver( pObserver ),
    m_messageHook()
{
    m_messageHook.Initialise( this );
}

BrowserWatcher::~BrowserWatcher()
{
    m_messageHook.Shutdown();
}

BrowserWatcher * BrowserWatcher::CreateInstance( 
                                        IWebBrowser2 *pWebBrowser,
                                        GestureTracker::Observer *pObserver
                                        )
{
    if( pWebBrowser == NULL )
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    HWND    hWnd = get_HWND( pWebBrowser );
    if( hWnd == NULL )
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    WindowHelper::VersionInfo   versionInfo;
    if( WindowHelper::GetWindowModuleVersion( hWnd, versionInfo ) == false )
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    switch( versionInfo.majorVersion )
    {
    case 5:
        if( versionInfo.minorVersion == 0 )
        {
            return new BrowserWatcher50( pWebBrowser, pObserver );
        }
        else
        {
            return new BrowserWatcher55( pWebBrowser, pObserver );
        }
        break;

    case 6:
        return new BrowserWatcher60( pWebBrowser, pObserver );
        break;

    case 7:
        return new BrowserWatcher70( pWebBrowser, pObserver );
        break;
    }

    return NULL;
}

HWND BrowserWatcher::GetHwnd() const
{
    return get_HWND( m_pWebBrowser );
}

void BrowserWatcher::OnCreate( HWND hWnd )
{
    tstring className = WindowHelper::GetClassName( hWnd );

    bool    doTracking = false;

    if( className == CLASS_SHELL_DOC_VIEW )
    {
    //
    // attach a gesture tracker to the DOC_VIEW window so
    // we can use mouse gestures while we're waiting for
    // a page to load
    //
        doTracking = true;
    }
    else if( className == CLASS_IE_SERVER )
    {
        doTracking = true;
    }

    if( doTracking )
    {
        Remove( hWnd );

        GestureTracker  *pTracker = new GestureTracker();
        pTracker->Advise( hWnd, m_pObserver );
        m_gestureTracker[ hWnd ] = pTracker;
    }
}

void BrowserWatcher::OnDestroy( HWND hWnd )
{
    Remove( hWnd );
}

IWebBrowser2 * BrowserWatcher::GetWebBrowser() const
{
    return m_pWebBrowser;
}

void BrowserWatcher::Remove( HWND hWnd )
{
    GestureMap::iterator    it = m_gestureTracker.find( hWnd );
    if( it != m_gestureTracker.end() )
    {
        (*it).second->Unadvise();
        delete (*it).second;

        m_gestureTracker.erase( it );
    }
}

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