WindowHelper Methods

The WindowHelper type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	EnableWindow	Enables or disables mouse and keyboard input to the specified window or control. When input is disabled, the window does not receive input such as mouse clicks and key presses. When input is enabled, the window receives all input. EnableWindow function
	EnumWindows	Enumerates all top-level windows on the screen by passing the handle to each window, in turn, to an application-defined callback function. EnumWindows continues until the last top-level window is enumerated or the callback function returns FALSE. EnumWindows function
	FindWindow	Retrieves a handle to the top-level window whose class name and window name match the specified strings. This function does not search child windows. This function does not perform a case-sensitive search. To search child windows, beginning with a specified child window, use the function. FindWindow function
	FindWindowEx	Retrieves a handle to a window whose class name and window name match the specified strings. The function searches child windows, beginning with the one following the specified child window. This function does not perform a case-sensitive search. FindWindowEx function
	FlashWindowEx	Flashes the specified window. It does not change the active state of the window. FlashWindowEx function
	GetActiveWindow	Retrieves the window handle to the active window attached to the calling thread's message queue. GetActiveWindow function
	GetAncestor	Retrieves the handle to the ancestor of the specified window. GetAncestor function
	GetForegroundWindow	Retrieves a handle to the foreground window (the window with which the user is currently working). The system assigns a slightly higher priority to the thread that creates the foreground window than it does to other threads. GetForegroundWindow function
	GetParent	Retrieves a handle to the specified window's parent or owner. GetParent function
	GetWindowText	Copies the text of the specified window's title bar (if it has one) into a buffer. If the specified window is a control, the text of the control is copied. However, GetWindowText cannot retrieve the text of a control in another application. GetWindowText function
	GetWindowTextLength	Retrieves the length, in characters, of the specified window's title bar text (if the window has a title bar). If the specified window is a control, the function retrieves the length of the text within the control. However, GetWindowTextLength cannot retrieve the length of the text of an edit control in another application. GetWindowTextLength function
	GetWindowThreadProcessId	Retrieves the identifier of the thread that created the specified window and, optionally, the identifier of the process that created the window. GetWindowThreadProcessId function
	IsHungAppWindow	Determines whether the system considers that a specified application is not responding. An application is considered to be not responding if it is not waiting for input, is not in startup processing, and has not called PeekMessage within the internal timeout period of 5 seconds. IsHungAppWindow function
	IsIconic	Determines whether the specified window is minimized (iconic). IsIconic function
	IsWindowVisible	Determines the visibility state of the specified window. IsWindowVisible function
	IsZoomed	Determines whether a window is maximized. IsZoomed function
	LockSetForegroundWindow	The foreground process can call the LockSetForegroundWindow function to disable calls to the function. LockSetForegroundWindow function
	SetForegroundWindow	Brings the thread that created the specified window into the foreground and activates the window. Keyboard input is directed to the window, and various visual cues are changed for the user. The system assigns a slightly higher priority to the thread that created the foreground window than it does to other threads. SetForegroundWindow function
	SetWindowPos	Changes the size, position, and Z order of a child, pop-up, or top-level window. These windows are ordered according to their appearance on the screen. The topmost window receives the highest rank and is the first window in the Z order. SetWindowPos function
	ShowWindow	Sets the specified window's show state. ShowWindow function
	ShowWindowAsync	Sets the show state of a window without waiting for the operation to complete. ShowWindowAsync function

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