How to determine if Program Manager has focus?

[qwert]

I need a way to determine if the desktop is "up" ... like after the user clicks Show Desktop.

Autoit Window Info detects it correctly, but my script steps produce a blank result.  (Other windows are correctly reported.)

$sTitle = WinGetTitle("[active]")
MsgBox (0, "", $sTitle, 0)

Any suggestion will be appreciated.

 

 

 

[JohnOne]

Works fine when Program Manager is actually active.

WinActivate("Program Manager")

$sTitle = WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]")
ConsoleWrite(WinGetTitle($sTitle) & @LF)

You'll probably find that the title-less window you got belongs to explorer.exe

Possible that this might get you started.

#include <Process.au3>

MsgBox(0,"Desktop visible",_DesktopOnTop())

Func _DesktopOnTop()
    $sTitle = WinGetTitle("(ACTIVE]")
    $sPName = _ProcessGetName(WinGetProcess(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]")))
    If ($sTitle = "" And $sPName = "explorer.exe") Or ($sTitle = "Program Manager") Then
        Return True
    EndIf
    Return False
EndFunc   ;==>_DesktopOnTop

 

Edited December 5, 2015 by JohnOne

[jguinch]

If I understand, this could work :

#include <WinAPISys.au3>
MsgBox(0, "", "Desktop is active ?" & @CRLF & _DesktopActive() )

Func _DesktopActive()
    Return ( WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]") = _WinAPI_GetShellWindow() )
EndFunc

Or this :

#include <WinAPISys.au3>

MsgBox(0, "", "Desktop is active ?" & @CRLF & _DesktopActive() )

Func _DesktopActive()
    Return ( BitAND( WinGetState( _WinAPI_GetShellWindow() ), 8 ) <> 0 )
    ; Return (WinActive( _WinAPI_GetShellWindow()) > 0) ; Or this
EndFunc

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2015 by jguinch

[qwert]

@JohnOne:  Yes, the combination of the two checks seems to be the answer ... although I haven't tested a lot of cases.  Thanks for the suggestion.

$sTitle = WinGetTitle("(ACTIVE]")
    $sPName = _ProcessGetName(WinGetProcess(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]")))

@jguinch:  It seems that those methods should work, but I can't make them do so.  Before calling _DesktopActive(), I place the cursor in the center of the desktop and left click once to make sure it's active ... but the function always returns False.

Thanks for both responses.

 

 

 

 

[jguinch]

What is your operating system ?

 

[qwert]

Windows 7 Professional.  But I also have access to Win 8.1 and Win10.

 

 

[jguinch]

My code works for me (Windows 7 too)

 

[qwert]

Indeed, they do work.  My test program was cycling through each method and the MSG from the first test was taking focus away from the desktop ... which caused the next method to fail.

Sorry 'bout that.