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  • November 26, 2009
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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 November 2009]

Ooh, this one's a peach... :D

I have a Windows application written in another (obviously inferior) language. It writes a file which I believe contains its Window Handle, then minimizes its window and sits ticking away in the background.

Is there a way for my Acu application to cause this window to be maximized and gain focus?

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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 November 2009]

    Ooh, this one's a peach... :D

    I have a Windows application written in another (obviously inferior) language. It writes a file which I believe contains its Window Handle, then minimizes its window and sits ticking away in the background.

    Is there a way for my Acu application to cause this window to be maximized and gain focus?
    If you really have the window handle, you could try using the ShowWindow API call, I have never used it, but it might give you a starting point.

    77  WND-SYS-HANDLE           PIC 9(9) COMP-5.

    SET ENVIRONMENT "DLL-CONVENTION" TO 1. 
    CALL "USER32.DLL".
    CALL "ShowWindow" USING
           BY VALUE WND-SYS-HANDLE
           BY VALUE 3   | See values below
    END-CALL.
    CANCEL "USER32.DLL".

    ***************
    * SW_HIDE = 0
    * SW_MAXIMIZE = 3
    * SW_MINIMIZE = 6
    * SW_RESTORE = 9
    * SW_SHOW = 5
    * SW_SHOWDEFAULT = 10
    * SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3
    * SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
    * SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE = 7
    * SW_SHOWNA = 8
    * SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4
    * SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 November 2009]

    Ooh, this one's a peach... :D

    I have a Windows application written in another (obviously inferior) language. It writes a file which I believe contains its Window Handle, then minimizes its window and sits ticking away in the background.

    Is there a way for my Acu application to cause this window to be maximized and gain focus?
    Mikalodeon, that works beautifully! Many thanks.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 November 2009]

    Ooh, this one's a peach... :D

    I have a Windows application written in another (obviously inferior) language. It writes a file which I believe contains its Window Handle, then minimizes its window and sits ticking away in the background.

    Is there a way for my Acu application to cause this window to be maximized and gain focus?
    Mikalodeon, that works beautifully! Many thanks.
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 November 2009]

    Ooh, this one's a peach... :D

    I have a Windows application written in another (obviously inferior) language. It writes a file which I believe contains its Window Handle, then minimizes its window and sits ticking away in the background.

    Is there a way for my Acu application to cause this window to be maximized and gain focus?
    Glad to hear it, microsofts msdn is your friend. :-)
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 November 2009]

    Ooh, this one's a peach... :D

    I have a Windows application written in another (obviously inferior) language. It writes a file which I believe contains its Window Handle, then minimizes its window and sits ticking away in the background.

    Is there a way for my Acu application to cause this window to be maximized and gain focus?
    Glad to hear it, microsofts msdn is your friend. :-)
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 November 2009]

    Ooh, this one's a peach... :D

    I have a Windows application written in another (obviously inferior) language. It writes a file which I believe contains its Window Handle, then minimizes its window and sits ticking away in the background.

    Is there a way for my Acu application to cause this window to be maximized and gain focus?
    Glad to hear it, microsofts msdn is your friend. :-)
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 November 2009]

    Ooh, this one's a peach... :D

    I have a Windows application written in another (obviously inferior) language. It writes a file which I believe contains its Window Handle, then minimizes its window and sits ticking away in the background.

    Is there a way for my Acu application to cause this window to be maximized and gain focus?
    Just for completeness, I had a note from the guy who's working on this:

    FYI, slight change, as this was only working when the other application was the previous window.

    Added an extra call first :

    CALL "SetForegroundWindow" using
    BY VALUE WND-SYS-HANDLE
    END-CALL

    This brings the other application window to the front first and then I maximise. It is a function from
    the same dll.

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