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[Dev-C++] Win32 shell programming

[dx F. <vin...@ed...>]

ok! here I go again...

Ive tried to use EnumWindows, but i did not get what I expected. I expected to get the running applications on the desktop and the ones on the system tray. But instead, I got more that 100+ windows that where enumerated by the function. Maybe I must be more General but specific in the problem.

How do I create or code a program, that would detect, name, and switch between running applications just like windows explorer does(windows taskbar)? How do I create such an application? What functions will I use?

Thanks to anyone

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Re: [Dev-C++] Win32 shell programming

[Juliet <no...@li...>]

At 10.47 25/11/2001 -0800, dx FX wrote:
>Ive tried to use EnumWindows, but i did not get what I expected. I 
>expected to get the running applications on the desktop and the ones on 
>the system tray. But instead, I got more that 100+ windows that where 
>enumerated by the function. Maybe I must be more General but specific in 
>the problem.

The taskbar enumerates only windows with the WS_EX_APPWINDOW and WS_VISIBLE 
styles. The title is the window's text (GetWindowTextLength - warning! some 
window classes return bogus values for this, always mask out the higher 16 
bit - and GetWindowText). The icon is either the window's icon 
(WM_GETICON), the class's icon (GetClassLongEx), or a default icon of your 
choice