Receive minimize window events from all windows?

[VAN0]

Hello.

Is there a way get notified when any autoit/non-autoit window is minimized?

 

Thank you

[SlackerAl]

You could write something to notify you using WinList to build a list of windows and then WinGetState to see if any have changed state.

Perhaps there is some more elegant way to do this with COM events, but I do not know how.

[LarsJ]

This can be done with UI Automation code:

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#include "CUIAutomation2.au3"

Opt( "MustDeclareVars", 1 )

Global Const $S_OK = 0x00000000
Global Const $E_NOINTERFACE = 0x80004002
Global Const $sIID_IUnknown = "{00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

Global $tIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler, $oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler

Global $oUIAutomation

Example()

Func Example()
  $oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler = ObjectFromTag( "oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_", $dtagIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler, $tIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler, True )
  If Not IsObj( $oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler ) Then Return

  $oUIAutomation = ObjCreateInterface( $sCLSID_CUIAutomation, $sIID_IUIAutomation, $dtagIUIAutomation )
  If Not IsObj( $oUIAutomation ) Then Return

  Local $pUIElement
  $oUIAutomation.GetRootElement( $pUIElement ) ; Desktop
  If Not $pUIElement Then Return

  Local $tPropertyArray = DllStructCreate( "int[1]" )
  DllStructSetData( $tPropertyArray, 1, $UIA_WindowWindowVisualStatePropertyId, 1 )
  $oUIAutomation.AddPropertyChangedEventHandlerNativeArray( $pUIElement, $TreeScope_Descendants, 0, $oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler, $tPropertyArray, 2 )

  ; Add the PropertyChangedEventHandler
  $oUIAutomation.AddPropertyChangedEventHandler( $pUIElement, $TreeScope_Descendants, 0, $oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler, Ptr($tPropertyArray))

  HotKeySet( "{ESC}", "Quit" )

  While Sleep(100)
  WEnd
EndFunc

Func Quit()
  $oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler = 0
  DeleteObjectFromTag( $tIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler )
  Exit
EndFunc

Func _UIA_getPropertyValue( $obj, $id )
  Local $vVal
  $obj.GetCurrentPropertyValue( $id, $vVal )
  Return $vVal
EndFunc

Func oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_HandlePropertyChangedEvent( $pSelf, $pSender, $iPropertyId, $newValue ) ; Ret: long  Par: ptr;int;ptr
  ConsoleWrite( @CRLF & "oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_HandlePropertyChangedEvent: $iPropertyId = " & $iPropertyId & ", $newValue = " & $newValue & @CRLF )

  Local $oSender = ObjCreateInterface( $pSender, $sIID_IUIAutomationElement, $dtagIUIAutomationElement )
  $oSender.AddRef()

  ConsoleWrite( "Handle    " & _UIA_getPropertyValue( $oSender, $UIA_NativeWindowHandlePropertyId ) & @CRLF )
  ConsoleWrite( "Name      " & _UIA_getPropertyValue( $oSender, $UIA_NamePropertyId ) & @CRLF )
  ConsoleWrite( "Class     " & _UIA_getPropertyValue( $oSender, $UIA_ClassNamePropertyId ) & @CRLF )
  ConsoleWrite( "Ctrl type " & _UIA_getPropertyValue( $oSender, $UIA_ControlTypePropertyId ) & @CRLF )
  ConsoleWrite( "Ctrl name " & _UIA_getPropertyValue( $oSender, $UIA_LocalizedControlTypePropertyId ) & @CRLF )
  ConsoleWrite( "Value     " & _UIA_getPropertyValue( $oSender, $UIA_LegacyIAccessibleValuePropertyId ) & @CRLF )
  ConsoleWrite( "State     " & _UIA_getPropertyValue( $oSender, $UIA_WindowWindowVisualStatePropertyId ) & @CRLF )

  Return $S_OK
EndFunc

Func oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_QueryInterface( $pSelf, $pRIID, $pObj ) ; Ret: long  Par: ptr;ptr*
  Local $sIID = StringFromGUID( $pRIID )
  If $sIID = $sIID_IUnknown Then
    ConsoleWrite( "oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_QueryInterface: IUnknown" & @CRLF )
    DllStructSetData( DllStructCreate( "ptr", $pObj ), 1, $pSelf )
    Return $S_OK
  ElseIf $sIID = $sIID_IUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler Then
    ConsoleWrite( "oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_QueryInterface: IUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler" & @CRLF )
    DllStructSetData( DllStructCreate( "ptr", $pObj ), 1, $pSelf )
    Return $S_OK
  Else
    ConsoleWrite( "oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_QueryInterface: " & $sIID & @CRLF )
    Return $E_NOINTERFACE
  EndIf
EndFunc

Func oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_AddRef( $pSelf ) ; Ret: ulong
  ConsoleWrite( "oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_AddRef" & @CRLF )
  Return 1
EndFunc

Func oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_Release( $pSelf ) ; Ret: ulong
  ConsoleWrite( "oIUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler_Release" & @CRLF )
  Return 1
EndFunc

Func StringFromGUID( $pGUID )
  Local $aResult = DllCall( "ole32.dll", "int", "StringFromGUID2", "struct*", $pGUID, "wstr", "", "int", 40 )
  If @error Then Return SetError( @error, @extended, "" )
  Return SetExtended( $aResult[0], $aResult[2] )
EndFunc

Func ObjectFromTag($sFunctionPrefix, $tagInterface, ByRef $tInterface, $fPrint = False, $bIsUnknown = Default, $sIID = "{00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}") ; last param is IID_IUnknown by default
  If $bIsUnknown = Default Then $bIsUnknown = True
  Local $sInterface = $tagInterface ; copy interface description
  Local $tagIUnknown = _
    "QueryInterface hresult(ptr;ptr*);" & _
    "AddRef dword();" & _
    "Release dword();"
  ; Adding IUnknown methods
  If $bIsUnknown Then $tagInterface = $tagIUnknown & $tagInterface
  ; Below line is really simple even though it looks super complex. It's just written weird to fit in one line, not to steal your attention
  Local $aMethods = StringSplit(StringReplace(StringReplace(StringReplace(StringReplace(StringTrimRight(StringReplace(StringRegExpReplace(StringRegExpReplace($tagInterface, "\w+\*", "ptr"), "\h*(\w+)\h*(\w+\*?)\h*(\((.*?)\))\h*(;|;*\z)", "$1\|$2;$4" & @LF), ";" & @LF, @LF), 1), "object", "idispatch"), "hresult", "long"), "bstr", "ptr"), "variant", "ptr"), @LF, 3)
  Local $iUbound = UBound($aMethods)
  Local $sMethod, $aSplit, $sNamePart, $aTagPart, $sTagPart, $sRet, $sParams, $hCallback
  ; Allocation
  $tInterface = DllStructCreate("int RefCount;int Size;ptr Object;ptr Methods[" & $iUbound & "];int_ptr Callbacks[" & $iUbound & "];ulong_ptr Slots[16]") ; 16 pointer sized elements more to create space for possible private props
  If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
  For $i = 0 To $iUbound - 1
    $aSplit = StringSplit($aMethods[$i], "|", 2)
    If UBound($aSplit) <> 2 Then ReDim $aSplit[2]
    $sNamePart = $aSplit[0]
    $sTagPart = $aSplit[1]
    $sMethod = $sFunctionPrefix & $sNamePart
    If $fPrint Then
      Local $iPar = StringInStr( $sTagPart, ";", 2 ), $t
      If $iPar Then
        $t = "Ret: " & StringLeft( $sTagPart, $iPar - 1 ) & "  " & _
             "Par: " & StringRight( $sTagPart, StringLen( $sTagPart ) - $iPar )
      Else
        $t = "Ret: " & $sTagPart
      EndIf
      Local $s = "Func " & $sMethod & _
                 "( $pSelf ) ; " & $t & @CRLF & _
                 "EndFunc" & @CRLF
      ConsoleWrite( $s )
    EndIf
    $aTagPart = StringSplit($sTagPart, ";", 2)
    $sRet = $aTagPart[0]
    $sParams = StringReplace($sTagPart, $sRet, "", 1)
    $sParams = "ptr" & $sParams
    $hCallback = DllCallbackRegister($sMethod, $sRet, $sParams)
    ConsoleWrite(@error & @CRLF & @CRLF)
    DllStructSetData($tInterface, "Methods", DllCallbackGetPtr($hCallback), $i + 1) ; save callback pointer
    DllStructSetData($tInterface, "Callbacks", $hCallback, $i + 1) ; save callback handle
  Next
  DllStructSetData($tInterface, "RefCount", 1) ; initial ref count is 1
  DllStructSetData($tInterface, "Size", $iUbound) ; number of interface methods
  DllStructSetData($tInterface, "Object", DllStructGetPtr($tInterface, "Methods")) ; Interface method pointers
  Return ObjCreateInterface(DllStructGetPtr($tInterface, "Object"), $sIID, $sInterface, $bIsUnknown) ; pointer that's wrapped into object
EndFunc

Func DeleteObjectFromTag(ByRef $tInterface)
  For $i = 1 To DllStructGetData($tInterface, "Size")
    DllCallbackFree(DllStructGetData($tInterface, "Callbacks", $i))
  Next
  $tInterface = 0
EndFunc

Run the code in SciTE. Press Esc to exit.

Window state values:

;enum WindowVisualState
Global Const $WindowVisualState_Normal=0
Global Const $WindowVisualState_Maximized=1
Global Const $WindowVisualState_Minimized=2

See also this post.

CUIAutomation2.7z

Edited September 2, 2017 by LarsJ

[Deye]

look @ the example for _WinAPI_SetWinEventHook()

and begin skinning the cat using this :

_WinAPI_SetWinEventHook($EVENT_SYSTEM_FOREGROUND, $EVENT_SYSTEM_MINIMIZESTART, DllCallbackGetPtr($hEventProc), $WINEVENT_OUTOFCONTEXT)