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Chris Jackson's Semantic Consonance

Windows Application Compatibility in the Real World

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  • Chris Jackson is an Architect and the Technical Lead for the Windows Application Experience SWAT Team.

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Channel 9 Video Now Live

A couple of weeks ago, I had a chance to sit down with Gov Maharaj (whose name rhymes with Orange), a developer in the Windows Fundamentals Dev team, and chat about debugging and mitigating application compatibility issues. You can view our discussion on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=377306.

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:22 PM by Chris Jackson

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SR said:

What is the difference between a shim and hook ?

# January 29, 2008 6:02 PM

Chris Jackson said:

SR,

A shim intercepts API calls and is wired up by the loader. A hook intercepts Windows Messages and are installed on demand using SetWindowsHookEx.

Chris

# January 29, 2008 8:03 PM
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