Getting the active GUI.

[therks]

Is there anyway to get a handle to the GUI which is current/active/switched to?

Like the return value from GUISwitch. If you pass GUISwitch a valid GUI handle, it returns the handle to the GUI that was previously "active". I tried just passing a bogus handle to GUISwitch, something like:

Func GUIGetCurrent()
  $hCurrent = GUISwitch(WinGetHandle(''))
  GUISwitch($hCurrent)
  Return $hCurrent
EndFunc

But that didn't work. Any ideas? Or is this not possible?

[cjconstantine]

Is there anyway to get a handle to the GUI which is current/active/switched to?

Like the return value from GUISwitch. If you pass GUISwitch a valid GUI handle, it returns the handle to the GUI that was previously "active". I tried just passing a bogus handle to GUISwitch, something like:

Func GUIGetCurrent()
  $hCurrent = GUISwitch(WinGetHandle(''))
  GUISwitch($hCurrent)
  Return $hCurrent
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[quaizywabbit]

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

WinGetHandle( "active")

"active" matches the currently active window (same as "" in the default WinTitleMatchMode).

Edited February 6, 2007 by quaizywabbit

[therks]

I think I may have misrepresented what I want...

I don't want the active (ie: currently in use) window (which is what both your replies will net me). I want the "current" GUI window. ie: The handle to the GUI that would receive the next control. It's not urgent, nor even important at the moment, I was just wondering if it was possible.

Thanks anyway.

[SmOke_N]

I think I may have misrepresented what I want...

I don't want the active (ie: currently in use) window (which is what both your replies will net me). I want the "current" GUI window. ie: The handle to the GUI that would receive the next control. It's not urgent, nor even important at the moment, I was just wondering if it was possible.

Thanks anyway.

Have you looked at IsChild / GetParent APIs maybe?

[therks]

No I have not (yet). Sorry for the (very delayed) reply. That is a good idea, you've got me thinking now...

Something like this (pseudo code):

Func GetCurrent
  $dummy = GuiCtrlCreateDummy
  $parent = DllCall(... GetParent of $dummy)
  GuiCtrlDelete($dummy)
  return $parent
EndFunc

Thanks for the idea Smoke!