01 Win32 API - Introduction

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[@izlanvarivojlan]

Hello. I am goint to do a program which will write active object's name. For example if cursor goes to folder in Desktop program should write folder's name to any txt file.Please Help me.

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[@john_hunter_]

So is the Win32 API what you would use when you want to alter content in other programs? For example the Nvidia control panel can alter video colour settings in every single application that plays videos.

[@Genial149]

Thanks for the video. but i still didnt get what type of functions WIN32 API provides ? what is the function or functions name ? for example Graphic Function Hardware interface Function please answer my question. many thanks

[@sangramkesariray]

Graphics functions are provided by GDI, GDI+, etc. All WinAPI passes through NTDLL.DLL before it jumps to the Kernel but not all of them are for Graphics. Graphic doesn't go through NTDLL.DLL and uses user32.dll, etc to jump into the kernel. Hence the Architecture of WinAPI and Graphics is little different. The complete reference is provided at MSDN API Index.

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[@deepeshjadhav2287]

Hey I am looking for path of active window but code below gives me title of active window : #include #include #include std::string GetActiveWindowPath() { char text[1000]; HWND hwnd=GetForegroundWindow(); GetWindowText(hwnd,text,sizeof(text)); return text; } int main() { printf("hello world "); while(1) { std::cout

[@sangramkesariray]

A window lives in-memory, a program that creates a window can have path not the window itself. Looking at the code, it doesn't appear that it'd produce the path of the running running program. You might want to tweak the code a bit. Hope this helps!

[@deepeshjadhav2287]

Exactly,the code I have mention above gives me the title of active window but I am looking for path of it. I used getCurentDirectoy() it gives current process path but I want path for any active window. do you know any function in api which give me my required output ??

[@sangramkesariray]

You mean to say, the program should get the Path of all processes which has an active window, but not necessarily belonging to the current program. Say, if i've Chrome, Visual Studio and VLC running in my machine with their windows on the screen, then the program should get the path for them? I doubt how to approach this by listing the running threads of all processes. Probably you can look for the Shell APIs in Win32. I've not tried this myself. Hope this helps!

[@deepeshjadhav2287]

Right !... I have used getting thread id for current process and I get thread id for it but need something that converts that id into path anyway thanks for help.

[@sangramkesariray]

Try this API - EnumWindows msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms633497(v=vs.85).aspx