RE: [GD-Windows] windows message on ALT-TAB

[Andrew G. <ag...@cl...>]

WM_ACTIVATEAPP/WM_ACTIVATE ?

I'm not sure if you're just looking to see if something else is about to
become the topmost window,  in which case WM_ACTIVATEAPP is all you need, or
if you specifically want to know if your window was minimised by an alt+tab
keypress.

If the later, out of curioisty,  is there a reason you're interested in how
it was deactivated? 

Unfortunately although there's a way to tell how a window was activated (e.g
by mouse, keyboard, or SetActiveWindow) there's no way to tell how one is
being deactivated unless you monitor keypresses before hand as you suggest.
Also even though in WinMe/2K and higher SetForegroundWindow doesn't
generally allow windows of a different thread to bring themselves to the
top, there's still ways your applicaton can unexpectedly find itself
becoming deacticated without any user input.


Andy @
Climax Brighton



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Vogel [mailto:vo...@ep...]
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:59 PM
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: [GD-Windows] windows message on ALT-TAB
> 
> 
> Is there a windows message I get when a user ALT-TAB's out of 
> my fullscreen
> application? I get a WM_SYSCOMMAND/ SC_KEYMENU but was hoping 
> for a more
> general "you just got minimized because someone ALT-TAB'ed away/ ..."
> message without having to manually check for the ALT-TAB combo.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Daniel, Epic Games Inc.
> 
> 
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