Re: Maximise from another applications

From:
"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:23:10 -0800
Message-ID:
<016DAC42-F89C-4A3D-964B-AABFCA0F9E27@microsoft.com>
Is the program already running and perhaps doesn't allow a second instance?
ShellExecuteEx() is trying to start the program.

Tom

"jmarc" <jmarc@incursion-voyages.com> wrote in message
news:fie6j.20404$Ji6.7364@edtnps89...

So, I'm unable to get the process handle..

I did this
...fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
...lpFile = "FilenameToFind.exe";
...lpParameters = "";
...nothing set for lpVerb, but even set to "find"
doesn't change anyting..

I always got the same thing.
..hProcess always return NULL
..hInstApp always return SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED

What I'm doing wrong. I'm not too familiar with ShellExecuteEx..
Thnaks..

jmarc...

"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com> wrote in message
news:FCF77A8E-AF55-4285-A5CB-22D968623B98@microsoft.com...

Yeah, I seldom use FindWindow any more either. You're right that is can
find windows you didn't intend for it to. If you can start the process
the ShellExecuteEx method is better. Thanks for listing the rest of the
process. This should work for OP.

Tom

"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message
news:jhihl3duc70itm6ol5dviehlvh765l8jdk@4ax.com...

FindWindow is usually a bit dangerous to use, because it is so sensitive
to things like
incidental aspects of the class name or even worse, the caption.

Typically, I would use ShellExecuteEx (which gives me a process handle),
EnumWindows to
find all the top-level windows, GetWindowThreadProcessId to get the ID
of each window, and
when I found one that matched the GetProcessId() of the process handle.
This would not be
sensitive to either the class name of the window or the caption text.

Having found the window, ShowWindow(SW_MAXIMIZE) should do what is
needed.
joe

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:45:10 -0800, "Tom Serface"
<tom.nospam@camaswood.com> wrote:

You can use FindWindow() to get a window pointer to the application and
use MoveWindow() or ShowWindow() to change it. if you use
ShellExecuteEx() I think you can get instance handle returned as part of
the structure.

Tom
 "jmarc" <jmarc@incursion-voyages.com> wrote in message
news:uz_5j.20203$Ji6.11822@edtnps89...
 I would turn back viewable a
 Minimized application from
 another app!

 An app will have to put back
 viewable, an application that
 have been minimised by the
 user for too long...

 I used ShellExecute.., but no
 options can be used to do it.

 Where to look..? Any hint!
 Thanks..

 jmarc...

Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
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