How to get the filename of the active program, if all I have is the handle (hWnd) of the active program?
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How to get the filename of the active program, if all I have is the handle (hWnd) of the active program?
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'Author: Sam Huggill 'Author's email: [url]http://www.programmerz.com/vb/[/url] 'Date Submitted: 2/6/1999 'Compatibility: VB 6,VB 5 'Task: Returns the .exe name from the given handle. 'Declarations Public Const TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS As Long = 2& Public Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260 Public Type PROCESSENTRY32 dwSize As Long cntUsage As Long th32ProcessID As Long th32DefaultHeapID As Long th32ModuleID As Long cntThreads As Long th32ParentProcessID As Long pcPriClassBase As Long dwflags As Long szexeFile As String * MAX_PATH End Type Public Declare Function GetWindowThreadProcessId Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, lpdwProcessId As Long) As Long Public Declare Function CreateToolhelpSnapshot Lib "Kernel32" Alias "CreateToolhelp32Snapshot" (ByVal lFlgas As Long, ByVal lProcessID As Long) As Long Public Declare Function ProcessFirst Lib "Kernel32" Alias "Process32First" (ByVal hSnapshot As Long, uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long Public Declare Function ProcessNext Lib "Kernel32" Alias "Process32Next" (ByVal hSnapshot As Long, uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long Public Declare Sub CloseHandle Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal hPass As Long) Public Function GetExeFromHandle(hWnd As Long) As String Dim threadID As Long, processID As Long, hSnapshot As Long Dim uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32, rProcessFound As Long Dim i As Integer, szExename As String ' Get ID for window thread threadID = GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, processID) ' Check if valid If threadID = 0 Or processID = 0 Then Exit Function ' Create snapshot of current processes hSnapshot = CreateToolhelpSnapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0&) ' Check if snapshot is valid If hSnapshot = -1 Then Exit Function 'Initialize uProcess with correct size uProcess.dwSize = Len(uProcess) 'Start looping through processes rProcessFound = ProcessFirst(hSnapshot, uProcess) Do While rProcessFound If uProcess.th32ProcessID = processID Then 'Found it, now get name of exefile i = InStr(1, uProcess.szexeFile, Chr(0)) If i > 0 Then szExename = Left$(uProcess.szexeFile, i - 1) Exit Do Else 'Wrong ID, so continue looping rProcessFound = ProcessNext(hSnapshot, uProcess) End If Loop Call CloseHandle(hSnapshot) GetExeFromHandle = szExename End Function Private Sub Command1_Click() MsgBox GetExeFromHandle(Me.hWnd) End Sub