Find the window that currently has focus

[pigeonrandle]

Hi,
Is there an API function that can do this?

Cheers,
James.

 

[DeveloperX]

GetForegroundWindow should do what you need.

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello pigeonrandle,

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/GetActiveWindow.html

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WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

p> Hi,
p> Is there an API function that can do this?
p> Cheers,
p> James

 

[=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Marcin_Grz=EAbski?=]

Hi James,

Windows API:
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetActiveWindow();

or .NET:
Form activeForm=Form.ActiveForm;

HTH
Marcin

pigeonrandle napisa³(a):

 

[pigeonrandle]

All,

Thanks for the swift replies. When i said window, i meant
buttons/textboxes included...

Cheers,
James.

 

[Dave Sexton]

Hi,

Check out the following link, which provides some information about how (and
if) it's possible:

GetFocus Function
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646294.aspx

--
Dave Sexton
http://davesexton.com/blog

All,

Thanks for the swift replies. When i said window, i meant
buttons/textboxes included...

Cheers,
James.

Hello pigeonrandle,

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/GetActiveWindow.html

---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and
we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

p> Hi,
p> Is there an API function that can do this?
p> Cheers,
p> James.