how to activate an application?

[zhou]

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Shakir Hussain]

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Shakir Hussain]

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
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in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Manish Agarwal]

This approach will not work when at user desktop there is an explorer
window open with same title as your application title.

--------------------------------------------
Manish Agarwal <ma***********@hotmail.com>
http://personal.vsnl.com/mkag
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Manish Agarwal]

This is approach will not work when at user desktop there is an explorer
window open with same title as your application title.

--------------------------------------------
Manish Agarwal <ma***********@hotmail.com>
http://personal.vsnl.com/mkag
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Manish Agarwal]

This approach will not work when at user desktop there is an explorer
window open with same title as your application title.

--------------------------------------------
Manish Agarwal <ma***********@hotmail.com>
http://personal.vsnl.com/mkag
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Manish Agarwal]

This approach will not work when at user desktop there is an explorer
window open with same title as your application title.

--------------------------------------------
Manish Agarwal <ma***********@hotmail.com>
http://personal.vsnl.com/mkag
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Manish Agarwal]

This is approach will not work when at user desktop there is an explorer
window open with same title as your application title.

--------------------------------------------
Manish Agarwal <ma***********@hotmail.com>
http://personal.vsnl.com/mkag
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Manish Agarwal]

This approach will not work when at user desktop there is an explorer
window open with same title as your application title.

--------------------------------------------
Manish Agarwal <ma***********@hotmail.com>
http://personal.vsnl.com/mkag
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Shakir Hussain]

Manish,

Multiple instances of same application will have same titiles. To over come
this, we have to get process ids, to identify which one we want to activate.

for example

Process [] apps = Process.GetProcessesByName("TestAppName")

Now if we decide which one we want from this process list to be activated,
pass the handle to SetForegroundWindow() function to activate it.

example:

SetForegroundWindow(app[0].Handle.ToInt32 ()); //assuming that 1st process
id is the one we want to activate.

Shak.


"Manish Agarwal" <ma************@mphasis.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

This is approach will not work when at user desktop there is an explorer
window open with same title as your application title.

--------------------------------------------
Manish Agarwal <ma***********@hotmail.com>
http://personal.vsnl.com/mkag
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);

[Shakir Hussain]

Manish,

Multiple instances of same application will have same titiles. To over come
this, we have to get process ids, to identify which one we want to activate.

for example

Process [] apps = Process.GetProcessesByName("TestAppName")

Now if we decide which one we want from this process list to be activated,
pass the handle to SetForegroundWindow() function to activate it.

example:

SetForegroundWindow(app[0].Handle.ToInt32 ()); //assuming that 1st process
id is the one we want to activate.

Shak.


"Manish Agarwal" <ma************@mphasis.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

This is approach will not work when at user desktop there is an explorer
window open with same title as your application title.

--------------------------------------------
Manish Agarwal <ma***********@hotmail.com>
http://personal.vsnl.com/mkag
"Shakir Hussain" <sh**@fakedomain.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

This can be achieved by windows api's

Add the definitions inside your class

[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int FindWindow( String ClassName, String
WindowName );
[DllImportAttribute( "User32.dll" )]
private static extern int SetForegroundWindow( int hWnd );
//to activate an application
int hWnd = FindWindow( null, "This is my Application Title" );
if( hWnd > 0 )
{
SetForegroundWindow( hWnd );
}

Shak.
"zhou" <zy****@sohu.com> wrote in message
news:eL**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

in Visual Basic ,I use
Appactivate(AcadApp.caption);