I am searching for alternatives to the old User32.dll
version of switching to a different application with FindWindow()
and SetForegroundWindow()
.
I did find an alternative to the first with the usage of Process.GetProcessesByName()
but I do not see the corresponding method to switch (set active/foreground) to that application.
Is there a way of doing that without using the old way with the User32.dll
?
Thank you for your help.
EDIT
I accepted the answer of @Sorceri although it is not the answer I was looking for.
Answer: No.
But, to help the next wonderer looking to find a window and activate it from C# here's what you have to do:
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
void ActivateApp(string processName)
{
Process[] p = Process.GetProcessesByName(processName);
// Activate the first application we find with this name
if (p.Count() > 0)
SetForegroundWindow(p[0].MainWindowHandle);
}
To bring notepad to the front, for example, you would call:
ActivateApp("notepad");
As a side note - for those of you who are trying to bring a window within your application to the foreground just call the Activate() method.
You could use SetActiveWindow
as an alternative to SetForeGroundWindow
. I'd say you should go through all the Windows Manipulation Api Functions and see if there's something you're missing out.
Also, note that you can obtain the handle of the System.Diagnostics.Process
object via the Process.Handle
property.
An alternative to SetForeGroundWindow is VisualBasic's AppActivate
Call it like this
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.AppActivate("WindowTitle")
Just because it is in the VisualBasic namespace doesn't mean you can't use it in C#.
Full Documentation here
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