I'm trying to be able to get the caption of the currently active window. I've figured out that I should be using GetForegroundWindow, but when I use it I'm just getting a long string of numbers, which I think is the handle. How do I go from that to the actual caption?
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View 1 RepliesIf i use this, it will give me the handle of the window "Test Window 1.0"
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but what if the caption of the window changes? how do you find it? If it change to "Test Window 2.0" ? Program like Explorer caption always changes.
give me a working example of "GetWindowRect" or something similar that would give me coordinates of a window by caption?The bold and underline won't come off so I'll just keep typing. I have googled and tried over 10 pieces of codes now. All of them are old and do not work. I found 1 tht works but thaat is for the topmost window only and I cannot make it work with caption.
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I want to show the Window caption form the Window_hWnd in
Label26
But just can't get it to work
Please add the code line and any declare
The code is working and do get the hWnd so everything is declared and right it is just if there is any other declarations[code]...
So I need to grab all the handles and there captions of a window with the Caption "goman" and add them to a listbox
View 2 RepliesI am trying to find the handle of the child window for the Yes button in the User Account Control window so i can click it. This window has a structure with a few child windows with the same name.
Dim hwnd As IntPtr = FindWindow(Nothing, "User Account Control")
Dim hwnd2 As IntPtr = FindWindowEx(hwnd, 0, "DirectUIHWND", vbNullString)
Dim hwnd3 As IntPtr = FindWindowEx(hwnd2, 0, "CtrlNotifySink", vbNullString)
Dim hwnd4 As IntPtr = FindWindowEx(hwnd3, 0, "Button", "&Yes")
There are multiple CtrNotifySink with its own Button child window or other child windows. How do i search thru the different CtrNotifySink window to find the one that contain the Yes button so i can send a click to it? I do need to find it before i can send a click, right? because i try just sending it to the main window with sendmessage and nothing happen.I even try sending it directly to the handle found by spy++ of the yes button with bm click but nothing happen?
How can i get the name of the active window? like Internet explorer.
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im using VB 2008 is it possible to get active window name or id? for example i have active notepad window, now how i can get it's process name or process ?id(better is process id)
View 1 RepliesI can get the caption of the current active window via this [code]....
View 5 RepliesHow to check if a window is active? My case is: I have a program which runs in maxmize mode, allways on top, with no option to close and then i run another program which will normally run behind my program, but i want to enter ok or something to that program when i press a button in my program.So i think first i will have to verify if that program is active then i need to send a key (enter) in order for it to continue running while my program is visible to user.
View 3 RepliesIs there a way I can take a screenshot of a window that is not the active window? I want to give the user his current open windows and he select one of them as the target window for the SS, my target is to let him work on one window while my application will take ss of not active window.. what is the best way to accomplish that ?
View 21 RepliesHow do I move the active window. I want to be able to set its locations,size, and even close it if possible.I ant to move any active window not just my active window
View 7 RepliesI'm creating an OLD-DB database query tool and in the process of programing the new connection dialogue box.
Creating a new OLE-DB connection requires you to create a .udl file and execute it. After execution a dialogue box will pop up letting you create a connection. The issue is that the default TAB that is selected isn't the one I need.[code]...
I need to set the active window in vb.net
View 7 Repliesi am making a windows application using visual studio 2008. there are many forms in it and at a time more than one form may be open in the application. i want that at such a time, only the currently active window is shown in the taskbar instead of the taskbar becoming full of different windows for the same application.
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I need to create a form where AlwaysOnTop = True when the browser is visible. This creates some sort over "overlay". The logic works like this:
The program checks which window is active.If the active windows is a certain process, my form will initialize the TopMost utility, and be the active window itself. When the certain process is not the active window anymore, my form will disappear.
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My program checks if a browser is the active window, if so: the form gets topmost and the program stops checking what the active window is. (because my topmost form is the active window now).Now the program needs to check what the window under my form is, the second active window. If it's not the browser anymore, the form needs to hide, and the program will check what the active window is again.
I already completed the function that checks what the first active window is, I'm stuck on getting the function that checks what the second active window is.
Want to send the text from my current vb application to the Active Window and that text should be displayed in the text area of the active window.
View 1 RepliesI'm making a game that makes use of Control.MouseButtons and GetActiveWindow() like so:
Private Declare Auto Function GetActiveWindow Lib "user32.dll" () As IntPtr
Public Sub GetMouseState(ByRef x As Integer, ByRef y As Integer, ByRef lButton As Boolean)
Dim p As Point = Parent.PointToClient(Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position)
x = p.X
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Does GetActiveWindow() not return the correct value only when my game is running?
Is there an easy way to find out what the active window is within the .NET framework?
I have seen a few methods via google using API calls, but I thought that was what .NET was supposed to eliminate, by giving the programmer a way to get access to everything within the framework?
I was wondering if there's a method to set the form as the active window (not topmost obviously), if it's currently not the active window (meaning another window is currently the active one). By active I mean "selected".
View 1 RepliesHow can we get active window input language?
View 4 RepliesDoes any one know how can I get the active window's executable path ? Is there any specific API function for that ?
View 3 RepliesI have this code, with wich I'm able to get the current url of a running ie instance.[code]...
View 3 RepliesI am writing a simple program that serves a similar purpose as the character map, but just for the Spanish letters with accents (������ & ������). Character map doesn't work for me because I have to highlight the letter I want to insert and then copy it and then paste it into whatever window I'm working with.What I want to make is a program that has buttons for each of those letters, and when I push the button for a particular letter, it inserts the character into whatever window was active before I pressed the button. I also want whatever window that was active before I pressed the button (the window I inserted the character into) to become active again so I can resume typing right after I press the button.
View 3 RepliesThe user32.dll provides functions to get the process id from a process executable name, and I can also obtain the active or foreground window that the user is working.Can I determine what windows the targeted process has opened? Otherwise, can I find out what details about the process that opened the foreground/active window?
My code needs to run only when another specific process is running and the user is actively using that window, while that window is the top-most window on the desktop.
how to set either a focus window or active window or something, but still able to move around in other windows with out my SendKeys function sending keys to any other window. This is the code I have to set the active window to the window I need to sendkeys to:
Dim targetWnd As Long = FindWindow("ncrwgst1.wal-mart.com - PuTTY", vbNullString)
SetActiveWindow(targetWnd)
Timer1.Start()
Now anytime I have like notepad or even my Remedy window up, it sends the keys to that window. how to set it where it JUST sends to the targethWnd I have defined and still move around in my other windows?
I've tried everything to set my window as active after I've been working on another external App... I have my system on auto and need to send some keystrokes to the program using sendkeys, so I need that app active. I've tried almost everything I can think of, bringtofront, setfocus, windowstate, setactivewindow, setforegroundwindow (For the last 2, hwnd doesnt work - I'm using VB 2008 Express) but none of them seem to be working.
View 4 RepliesI am currently writing a program that takes a joystick input, and simulates key presses (hold) in the active window (a game). This should be used for a virtual H-Shifter, like the one in a car, to change gears.[code]...
View 3 RepliesSay I have a mdi child form open. The user should either click the buttons 'ok' or 'cancel' to access any other forms in the application.
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