Re: SeInfo - window handle

From: Rob Kennedy (me3_at_privacy.net)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 16:50:40 -0500

frederick wrote:
> Is there a way to get the handle of a window created by an application
> started with ShellExecuteEX(@SeInfo) ?

Remember that some programs don't have any windows, so whatever solution
you find won't be guaranteed to get a valid result. Also remember that
ShellExecuteEx might not start any application at all -- it might re-use
an application that was already running -- and it won't tell you
anything about that program.

> Googling hasn't found a solution for me, but maybe I am looking for the
> wrong thing.

I would start here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=shellexecuteex+window+handle&as_ugroup=*delphi*

If none of the top results looked promising, I would alter the query to
the following since ShellExecuteEx might return a process handle. (It's
the process handle that you need to "convert" to a window handle; your
question isn't limited to ShellExecuteEx.)

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=process+window+handle&as_ugroup=*delphi* 

-- 
Rob

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