Set Window Focus While Using Other Active Windows?
May 6, 2009
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?
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Apr 27, 2009
Anyone know of a way to see if the Excel window of a VSTO project is active/in focus?
I'm looking for an equivalent of System.Windows.Window.IsActive.
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Jan 24, 2012
VB Windows form Application.. I am developing an application of which part of the program is around configuration settings allowing the user to enter configuration items. When the menubar item for configuration menu is clicked on the main form the menu opens.This is fine but the mainform should not become active again until the configuration menu has closed. This does not happen right now and the mainform simply comes to the foreground and the configuration form goes to the background... I realize that coding an event on the Child form to handle this would not work because the child window loses control and the main form gains control.. I thought of coding a function as follows on the main form but it does not seem logical because i would have to add to it for everyform and do checking to make sure the child is actually open before trying to close it..
Private Sub Form1_GotFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.GotFocus
MailSettingsWindow.Close()
RentalSettingsWindow.Close()
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I did away with the above sub routine and used the below code as per the recomendation of using showdialog which works just as i was looking for.
Private Sub MailingAndEmailSettingsToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MailingAndEmailSettingsToolStripMenuItem.Click
Dim MailConfig As New MailSettingsWindow()
MailSettingsWindow.Showdialog()
End Sub
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Mar 10, 2009
Here is what I've done:1) Created an Excel COM add-in for Excel 20032) Added a NotifyIcon to the Windows taskbar notification area (aka system tray) during ThisAddIn_Startup3) Added a ContextMenuStrip with a ToolStripButton to the NotifyIconWhy is it when I right click on the NotifyIcon, Excel gains focus? If after clicking on the NotifyIcon to display the ContextMenuStrip I choose not select an option on the ContextMenuStrip and instead click back on the Excel window, I get a weird flashing cell in Excel.I've created a video of the problem to help you see what I [url] anyone know how to prevent this? Ideally, I'd like to be able to click back on Excel and only have the ContextMenuStrip close and Excel regain focus.
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May 19, 2010
How can i get the name of the active window? like Internet explorer.
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May 1, 2011
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)
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Dec 28, 2011
I can get the caption of the current active window via this [code]....
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Oct 13, 2009
How 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.
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Jul 22, 2009
Is 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 ?
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Jul 16, 2011
How 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
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Apr 12, 2009
I'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]...
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May 4, 2010
I need to set the active window in vb.net
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Sep 8, 2009
i 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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Dec 17, 2011
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.
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Aug 5, 2009
What command should I use to get focus on VB Form1 window? And what command should I use to get focus for another window? I need this so I can use send keys with no errors.
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Aug 19, 2011
I am basically trying to list all visible (in taskbar) in a listbox and then, after clicking a button the selected process will catch focus (if it's not minimized). However, I have been using this code, and only seems to work on Notepad, on NOTHING else.
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class Form1
' This is 2 functions from user32.dll (1 for finding the application and 1 to set it to foreground with focus)
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I have also used MANY alternative API's to test it on, it seems that after the line "ParenthWnd = ...." only the notepad window can be found using findwindow.
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Aug 18, 2011
I have been doing research on how to set focus to another window, after times of reading "GetWindow" and that stuff all I got is a headache and this:
' Used to get access to Win API calling attributes
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class Form1
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Mar 23, 2010
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.
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Apr 20, 2011
I'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?
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Jan 23, 2011
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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Mar 6, 2009
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?
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Mar 4, 2011
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".
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Dec 17, 2009
How can we get active window input language?
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Jul 21, 2010
Does any one know how can I get the active window's executable path ? Is there any specific API function for that ?
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May 6, 2012
I have this code, with wich I'm able to get the current url of a running ie instance.[code]...
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Aug 30, 2009
I 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.
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Jan 6, 2010
The 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.
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Apr 13, 2009
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.
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Jan 24, 2010
I 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]...
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Apr 22, 2010
Say 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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