GetActiveWindow>Window_Title,X,Y,Width,Height

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 1:05 am

If there's no more windows running, what would GetActiveWindow return? What value would be stored in Window_Title? Is it an ASCII value 0 or 255 or something else? What numeric values will be stored in X, Y, Width, and Height?

Thanks for your enlightenment in advance.

support · Post by **support** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 6:46 am

Hi,

It would most likely return "Program Manager" with X,Y coords equal to your screen resolution. But I can't guarantee this. There are never "no more windows running".

Lumumba · Post by **Lumumba** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:32 am

Desktop (window name: Program Manager).
If the focus is on the Taskbar, you won't get a window name.

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 12:24 am

Lumumba and Support,

The two scenarios you narrate are exactly what I have encountered. In particular, Lumumba clearly indicates that no window name will be returned. With Message>, I can see it's a special (non-printable)character. The question here is what the ASCII code and the length of the character (string) is stored in the Window_Title.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 1:45 am

Use Message to tell you the length also.

How about this to get ASCII value?.....maybe write the result to a file and open with a text editor?

Maybe this will trigger a better idea..........good luck,
Bob

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 2:59 am

Bob,
Many thanks for your awakening enlightenment. You're right. The easiest way is to write it to a text file and to be examined by a text editor. Thanks again.