If I set the TopMost property of my form =True , it becomes and remains the top most window over ALL the desktop windows.how to make my form TopMost ONLY for a specific window (external to my program), knowing the Hwnd of the external window itself?
I am making an app that hides the topmost window, but when i do this, it leaves no current window selected. how can i make the highest unselected window selected?
Let's say the user has both Firefox and Chrome running. I'd like to get the MainWindowTitle from the browser that is the topmost, even if none of them have focus.The code below works fine if the user only has one of them running, but I'm not sure how to the get MainWindowTitle from the topmost firefox/chrome window when the user has both of them running.
vb.net Dim pProcess() As Process = Process.GetProcesses For Each pr As Process In pProcess
My VB.NET application is suposed to monitor what application currently is running in the topmost window. I have tried the following approach using a timer:
Declare Function GetActiveWindow Lib "user32" () As System.IntPtr Declare Function GetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" () As System.IntPtr Public Declare Auto Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" _
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By this I can see that for example Outlook or Internet Explorer is the topmost window as the name is in Window's title bar. However, if the user crates a new mail in Outlook the title of the window is "Untitled message" givning no hint of what application is running in the the window.
How do I get what application is connected to the topmost window?
What I need to do is Set my new form to be the top most form of only my application while still having click access to the main form. Right now I have tried the property Topmost = True but the thing about that I really do not like is it puts the form above every single windows form. I only want the form to be the topmost of my application. The showdialog also will not work because I no longer have access to my main form with click events.
I have so far been able to write the program that glasses the windows I want (via a global keyboard shortcut).
I now need a way to replicate Glass2k's feature which makes glassed windows stay on top of all windows irrespective of which program I switch to (more like setting a WinForm's TopMost property to True. Is there any way of doing this in .NET?
I'm prepared to get down and dirty with DllImports and all so any suggestion is welcome as long as it is in VB.NET or C#.
Someome knows some utilities that can detect all the API calls of a specific external application? The application I would like to detect is a console application and, being without form, Spy++ don't find it.
In Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, how would I send keystrokes to a specific window. Right now, I just keep the window I want on top and use sendkeys.send("{enter}"). The window that I want to send keystrokes to is my applications
Within my program, I have identified a process via System.Diagnostics.Processand.GetProcesses. Now I need to close one and only one of its windows whose window title i know. How do I do that?
In Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, how would I send keystrokes to a specific window. Right now, I just keep the window I want on top and use sendkeys.send("{enter}"). The window that I want to send keystrokes to is my applications window.
if its possible to have mouse events like mouse movements, mouse clicks and so on in a specific window only. I'm not sure if you understand this so ill give you an example.
Okay lets say i want this program to only click within a window like Firefox or windows media player only. So that means if i minimize the window it will still click inside that window while its minimized, and i could continue doing other things while its clicking inside that window.
my application i call a COM API that open's a dialog window that the user has to put some strings, what i'm trying to do it's before calling the method of the api, i create some service/background worker that checks for that dialog, and when the dialog shows up, fill all the fields...
It's possible to do somehting like this?
VB.NET
mySubThatWillWait("WindowName") 'To stay running until finding the window and fill the fields Dim result as long = MyComCall.Run(Me.Handle) 'Call the Method
Can I close a specific Url window? I have a specific url that starts with [URL]. It is a popup advertisement. I am looking for something like this: If Process.ProcessName.Url.StartsWith [URL] Then Process.Kill() (I know that this line has nothing to do with VB .Net)
i'm using Visual Basic 2008, and my question is following: Is here a way to make vb2008 app click on specific window with coordinates? for example i want to click on my notepad window ( for example on next coords: 20;150 )
I want to make a screenshot of a specific window of which I know the handle. I know there is a BitBlt function but I can't get that to work with the handle, I prefer it to work even if the window is not active but I'm not sure if this is possible at all.
I have a winform application and this winform application has created few files. I want to implement "find target" function in my application to show those files. Those files located in a same folder. See the picture:Let's say that I have created few files in "C:Test" folder and this folder has this file: "C:TestFile1.txt". How to create "find target" functionality using VB.NET?
I have a gridview displaying all employees. Upon selecting an employee, I'd like to open a new page or window that would display all of the information for that employee with the option to edit/delete/update. Once this transaction is complete, return to previous page with gridview of all employees. ((language I'm usings is VB))
I just read a recent article here at the code guru about the flip-3d feature available on Vista and Windows 7.It allows, you to place an application above, or below the windows being flipped.
Here is a VB example of that code really neat code.
Code: Const DWMWA_FLIP3D_POLICY As Int32 = 8 Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_NONE As Int32 = 0 Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_BELOW As Int32 = 1 Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_ABOVE As Int32 = 2
I am aware of the 'topmost' keyword in VB.NET for specifying a window to be brought to the front or top of the display windows showing. However, specifying 'xlApp.topmost' is resulting in a compile error in my VB 2010 Express project; most likely because my project doesn't include a reference that it needs for 'xlApp.topmost' to start working. What reference do I need to add?
I am trying to write a program that displays a medium opacity image as the topmost form. that I can handle, the part that is giving me trouble is that I want windows to "ignore" the topmost picture form and allow me to interact with any forms behind it (mine or otherwise) as if the see-through form isn't there. I have searched all over but cant seem to find a way to do this.
Shell("C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOFFICE11POWERPNT.EXE C:Cacthuattoan.ppt") but when it is opened , it only show in tasbar. i want to it appear with max window.
I'm writing a program that's supposed to keep the employees at my work away from doing things they're not supposed to on the computer. So I made a "launcher" window that's only closeable with password. I also disabled task manager. However when I start an application from my launcher window, the launcher window goes over it because of its topmost property.
I have a form that has to be on top for a period of time, and then can be set behind other windows normally. Is there anything in addition to setting Me.TopMost to True or False that needs to be done? I ask because it doesn't seem to be working.
I'm programming a Minesweeper clone in Visual Studio 2010, with VB.NET, as a Windows Form Application, and I'm having trouble with the Game Won and Game Lost forms. When I show those forms, I want the game form to still be visible, so that the player can see where the mines were, but I don't want the game form to be enabled until the Game Won or Game Lost form is closed. Exactly like Windows Minesweeper does when you win or lose.
Is there a way to limit the topmost property? I have two forms and I only want to one form form topmost to only one form. I don't want it to be topmost to all of the windows in my computer.