How can we see other applications open in windows and know when they are minimized or maximi
Hi everyone
I need to know if there is a way i can seeother applications open in windowsand know when they are minimized or maximized.
So basically if there are five applications open like outlook, excel, word, a bowser, etc. How can i see this in vb.net code? Is it possible then to know when that form is minimzied or maximized (event)?
Thanks in advance :)
Hi spotty
Thanks a lot. That does halp me a bit. But is there a way to now declare that with events like you do with other windows components?
I realy need to know when a specific application is minimized or going to be minimized. Also vica versa.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance :)
adventurous!
I have no idea how you would see when an app is 'going to be minimized', but I think you can use GetWindowPos and use the returned X & Y to see if it is minimised - I think these values are 0 if so, but you'd better check that!
Hi anarchy
Do you have an example of your GetWindowsPos, will this work on another application that i have no control over. The only other thing is that i wanted it to be an event. Because if i use GetWindowsPos that means i have to constantly check if it has been minimized. Please remember that i need to do a specific action once a specific 3rd party application (not mine) is minimized/maximized.....needs to be immediate or if possible just before it is minimized.
Is there a way to catch when another applications minimized button is pressed?
Thanks in advance
Hi, sorry no, I don't have any examples, I use SetWindowPos plenty, but not getWindowPos. In fact I'm not entirely sure that it will do what you need, but I do remember I have used it before to see if a window is minimised, so it must be possible!
I doubt very much you can trap a minimeze event before it happens, the best you can do would be to have a tight loop (1/4 second-ish) and checking the window state every time
