WinApi User32.sendMessage HWND_BROADCAST

Original post on the forum: https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=10475613

I will summarize the content of the topic above:

*Problem:*

3rd party software making use of the User32.sendMessage combined with the HWND_BROADCAST flag.

*Result:*

3rd party software "hangs" until you kill the JavaFX process.
This behaviour can be explained by the misuse of the sendMessage method combined with the HWND_BROADCAST. Even Microsoft disapproves using this call together with this flag.

*Expected behaviour:*

JavaFX should "reply" or better "process" this message by replacing the WndProc method.
I provided a way to do this using JNA and Swing (see original post on the forum) but unfortunately I was not able to find a way to do the same with a JavaFX window.

*Replication Data:*

You can reproduce the bug by downloading the attachments I provided.
We use the following commandline to execute the fxdemo.jar, it is possible that you need to adjust the path to the jar files.

java -cp ./fxdemo.jar;"../JavaFX 2.1/lib/javaws.jar";"../JavaFX 2.1/lib/jfxrt.jar";"../JavaFX 2.1/lib/plugin.jar";../. -Djava.library.path="../JavaFX 2.1/lib" javafxdemo.ColorfulCircles


*Replication Logic to trigger hang:*

1) Start the JavaFX Demo jar
2) Open the Visual C# program
2.1) enter a text and press the button
2.2) you will see that the application will hang

*Replication Logic to trigger good flow:*

1) Close all JavaFX programs together with applications which are not needed to test
2) Open Visual C# program
2.1) enter a text and press the button
2.2) you will see that the text will be posted as a Label on the program

*Requests:*

- Could you provide me a way to use JNA combined with a JavaFX window just like I did with the Swing JFrame? Refer to the code in the original msg on the forum. This way I can write a temp. workaround myself.

*Additional Information:*

Affected platforms : Windows XP, Vista and 7, probably all versions.
Affected runtimes: JavaFX 2.0, 2.1, 2.2dev

*Impossible paths: *

It is illegal for us to adjust/patch the 3rd party software to work with eg. sendMessageTimeout.
3rd party software vendors are not willing to adjust their code and release a new version.
Clients refuse to uninstall the 3rd party software because they need it.