Problem with DllStructSetData

[0xdefea7]

Hello Everyone,

I am working on a script to switch desktops. Everything is working fairly well aside from the fact that when I create a new process, it is not spawning in my new desktop. In C++, I can change the desktop by changing a value passed in the STARTUPINFO struct. AutoIt has a similar translated struct called the $tagStartupInfo structure. It seems that I am unable to set the data for the "Desktop" element of the $tagStartupInfo struct that I created. Can someone please point out my error?

Thank you in advance!

Here is my code: (Edited to reflect the correct code now)

expandcollapse popup

#include-once
#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <WinAPIEx.au3>

Global $User32 = "User32.dll"
Global $hLastDesktop, $hCurrentDesktop

$tDesktop = DllStructCreate("handle Desktop1;" & _
                            "handle Desktop2;" & _
                            "handle Desktop3;" & _
                            "handle Desktop4;")

$tStartupInfo = DllStructCreate($tagStartupInfo)
DllStructSetData($tStartupInfo, "Size", DllStructGetSize($tStartupInfo))

$tProcessInfo = DllStructCreate($tagPROCESS_INFORMATION)

Func FindCurrentDesktop()
    Return GetThreadDesktop(_WinAPI_GetCurrentThreadId())
EndFunc

Func GetThreadDesktop($iTID)
    $Ret = DllCall($User32, "handle", "GetThreadDesktop", "dword", $iTID)
    Return $Ret[0]
EndFunc

Func SetThreadDesktop($hDesktop)
    $Ret = DllCall($User32, "int", "SetThreadDesktop", "handle", $hDesktop)
    Return $Ret[0]
EndFunc

Func SwitchDesktop($hDesktop)
    $Ret = DllCall($User32, "int", "SwitchDesktop", "handle", $hDesktop)
    Return $Ret[0]
EndFunc

Func CreateDesktop($sDesktop)
    $Ret = DllCall($User32, "handle", "CreateDesktop", "str", $sDesktop, "str", 0, "ptr", 0, "dword", 0, "dword", $GENERIC_ALL, "dword", 0)
    Return $Ret[0]
EndFunc

Func CloseDesktop($hDesktop)
    $Ret = DllCall($User32, "int", "CloseDesktop", "handle", $hDesktop)
    Return $Ret[0]
EndFunc

Func ChangeDesktop($hDesktop)

    $hLastDesktop = FindCurrentDesktop()
    SwitchDesktop($hDesktop)
    SetThreadDesktop(FindCurrentDesktop())

EndFunc

$sProcessName = "C:\windows\system32\calc.exe"

$hLastDesktop = FindCurrentDesktop()
DllStructSetData($tDesktop, "Desktop1", $hLastDesktop)

$hDesktop2 = CreateDesktop("Desktop2")
DllStructSetData($tDesktop, "Desktop2", $hDesktop2)

ChangeDesktop($hDesktop2)

$sFail = DllStructSetData($tStartupInfo, "Desktop", _WinAPI_CreateString("Desktop2"))
If $sFail = 0 Then ConsoleWrite("SetData failure (tStartupInfo): " & @error & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("Data (tStartupInfo: " & DllStructGetData($tStartupInfo, "Desktop") & @CRLF)

_WinAPI_CreateProcess($sProcessName, 0, 0, 0, True, 0, 0, 0, DllStructGetPtr($tStartupInfo), DllStructGetPtr($tProcessInfo))
If @error Then ConsoleWrite("Error: " & @error & " WinAPI: " & _WinAPI_GetLastError() & @CRLF)

$hProcess = DllStructGetData($tProcessInfo, "hProcess")
ConsoleWrite("Handle to process: " & $hProcess & @CRLF)

Sleep(5000)

ProcessClose($hProcess)

ChangeDesktop($hLastDesktop)
CloseDesktop($hDesktop2)

Edited June 11, 2013 by 0xdefea7

[guinness]

Again, look at WinAPIEx and the help file that comes with it.