WH_CBT and HCBT_ACTIVATE to detect a new window...

[JScript]

Hello guys!

Does anyone know how to capture the creation of a window without it being through the program itself?

I use the following: WH_CBT and HCBT_ACTIVATE to detect a new window.

But unfortunately only detects windows created by the program itself...

Run this:

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#include <WinAPI.au3>

HotKeySet("{Esc}", "Terminate")

Global Const $HCBT_ACTIVATE = 5

;---->
Global $hCBTPROC_CALLBK = DllCallbackRegister("_WH_CBT", "int", "int;int;int")
If Not $hCBTPROC_CALLBK Then
    MsgBox(4096, "Error!", "DllCallbackRegister fail!")
    Exit
EndIf
Global $hCBTPROC_HOOK = _WinAPI_SetWindowsHookEx($WH_CBT, DllCallbackGetPtr($hCBTPROC_CALLBK), 0, _WinAPI_GetCurrentThreadId())
If Not $hCBTPROC_HOOK Then
    DllCallbackFree($hCBTPROC_CALLBK)
    MsgBox(4096, "Error!", "_WinAPI_SetWindowsHookEx fail!")
    Exit
EndIf
;<----

Sleep(2000)
MsgBox(4096, "HCBT_ACTIVATE!", "HCBT_ACTIVATE captured!!!")

While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func _WH_CBT($nCode, $wParam, $lParam)
    If $nCode < 0 Then
        Return _WinAPI_CallNextHookEx($hCBTPROC_HOOK, $nCode, $wParam, $lParam)
    EndIf

    Switch $nCode
        Case $HCBT_ACTIVATE
            TrayTip("$HCBT_ACTIVATE", "Win title: " & WinGetTitle(HWnd($wParam)), 20, 1)
    EndSwitch

    Return _WinAPI_CallNextHookEx($hCBTPROC_HOOK, $nCode, $wParam, $lParam)
EndFunc   ;==>__CBTProc_ErrorTrap

Func Terminate()
    _WinAPI_UnhookWindowsHookEx($hCBTPROC_HOOK)
    Exit
EndFunc

Unfortunately I do not know how to get the ThreadId of another process, like explorer.exe for example. That way I could capture any window that was created.

JS

[guinness]

Look at WM_SHELLHOOK in my signature.

[JScript]

I did several tests but unfortunately does not detect a menu as a window, so far I only found this function _WinAPI_EnumWindows() that detects a menu created as if it were a common window, but in a loop it is slow...

Do you have any other idea?

JS

[junkew]

see event examples in this thread in examples

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