Enhanced FindWindow for variable window class names
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Author: Comm@nder21 (talk, contrib) |
Introduction
Sometimes, you want to send messages to a window, that you don't know the full window class name (wcn) of, or it contains variables and you know the constant part. So you can't use FindWindow because it doesn't support wildcards. This function doesn't too. But you can get the handle of any window, with only one known part of the wcn.
Usage
Push 0 # the starting offset of the push below Push "Application" # the known part of the class name Call EnhancedFindWindow Pop $0 # will contain the full wcn Pop $1 # will contain the window's handle # both will contain "failed", if no matching class name was found
The Function
Function EnhancedFindWindow ; input, save variables Exch $0 # part of the class name to search for Exch Exch $1 # starting offset Push $2 # length of $0 Push $3 # window handle Push $4 # class name Push $5 # temp ; set up the variables StrCpy $4 0 StrLen $2 $0 ; loop to search for open windows search_loop: FindWindow $3 "" "" 0 $3 IntCmp $3 0 search_failed IsWindow $3 0 search_loop System::Call 'user32.dll::GetClassName(i r3, t .r4, i ${NSIS_MAX_STRLEN}) i .n' StrCmp $4 0 search_loop StrCpy $5 $4 $2 $1 StrCmp $0 $5 search_end search_loop ; no matching class-name found, return "failed" search_failed: StrCpy $3 "failed" StrCpy $4 "failed" ; search ended, output and restore variables search_end: StrCpy $1 $3 StrCpy $0 $4 Pop $5 Pop $4 Pop $3 Pop $2 Exch $1 Exch Exch $0 FunctionEnd
Feedback
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Further Reading
See this topic for more information about the function itself and alternatives. See the msdn for more information about the user32 api call "GetClassName".