Checking the window state of a running process.

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15 Apr 2005 1:57 PM

bamapookie

What is the best way to check and change the window state of a process
given either a System.Diagnostics.Process or a MainWindowHandle? I was
using the following commands, but hide is not working for some reason.

ShowWindow(prTarget.MainWindowHandle, SW.HIDE) ' This doesn't always
work
SendMessage(prTarget.MainWindowHandle, WM.SYSCOMMAND, SC.MAXIMIZE, 0)
SendMessage(prTarget.MainWindowHandle, WM.SYSCOMMAND, SC.MINIMIZE, 0)
SendMessage(prTarget.MainWindowHandle, WM.SYSCOMMAND, SC.RESTORE, 0)

Note that prTarget is of type System.Diagnostics.Process.
SW, WM, and SC are enums with the appropriately defined values.

15 Apr 2005 10:05 PM

Crouchie1998

This is a repost I think from around 4 days ago

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE