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August 26, 2014 06:25
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void SetForegroundWindowInternal(HWND hWnd) | |
{ | |
if (!::IsWindow(hWnd)) return; | |
BYTE keyState[256] = { 0 }; | |
//to unlock SetForegroundWindow we need to imitate Alt pressing | |
if (::GetKeyboardState((LPBYTE)&keyState)) | |
{ | |
if (!(keyState[VK_MENU] & 0x80)) | |
{ | |
::keybd_event(VK_MENU, 0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY | 0, 0); | |
} | |
} | |
::SetForegroundWindow(hWnd); | |
if (::GetKeyboardState((LPBYTE)&keyState)) | |
{ | |
if (!(keyState[VK_MENU] & 0x80)) | |
{ | |
::keybd_event(VK_MENU, 0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY | KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
//void SetForegroundWindowInternal(HWND hWnd) | |
//{ | |
// if (!::IsWindow(hWnd)) | |
// return; | |
// | |
// //relation time of SetForegroundWindow lock | |
// DWORD lockTimeOut = 0; | |
// HWND hCurrWnd = ::GetForegroundWindow(); | |
// DWORD dwThisTID = ::GetCurrentThreadId(), | |
// dwCurrTID = ::GetWindowThreadProcessId(hCurrWnd, 0); | |
// | |
// //we need to bypass some limitations from Microsoft :) | |
// if (dwThisTID != dwCurrTID) | |
// { | |
// ::AttachThreadInput(dwThisTID, dwCurrTID, TRUE); | |
// | |
// ::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, &lockTimeOut, 0); | |
// ::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, 0, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE | SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE); | |
// | |
// ::AllowSetForegroundWindow(ASFW_ANY); | |
// } | |
// | |
// ::SetForegroundWindow(hWnd); | |
// | |
// if (dwThisTID != dwCurrTID) | |
// { | |
// ::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, (PVOID)lockTimeOut, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE | SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE); | |
// ::AttachThreadInput(dwThisTID, dwCurrTID, FALSE); | |
// } | |
//} |
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