Re: How to get application filename from HWND

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"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com>

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Date:

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:15:39 GMT

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"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com> wrote in message
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"mike" <nospamplease> wrote in message
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I need to get application filename from an HWND to see if an application
is currently open. I am currently using EnumWindows() to retrieve hWnd
handles and GetWindowText() to get window title to see if the title
contains the name I am looking for. However there are other applications
that might have the name in the title, hence, I need the executible name
to make sure I have the right one. Can someone help?
I have tried GetWindowModuleFileName() but it has not worked.

Look at GetWindowModuleFileName(), although this may return the name of
the DLL which actually created the window (and not necessarily the name of
the process in which the DLL is loaded).

If GetWindowModuleFileName() doesn't work, you could also call
GetWindowThreadProcessId() to get the process id, then use the Toolhelp
functions to iterate the processes and find the matching id; then access
that process's name.

-- David