Minimize Process

[campster]

I start a process from my application. This process spawns a secondary process that is always maximized. I want to minimize the secondary process from my code. I can obtain the handle to this process with the following code. Now that I have the handle, how do I minimize the process?

Dim hEvtCmd As IntPtr
            Dim bEvntStart As Boolean = False
 
            Do While Not bEvntStart
                For Each oProcess In System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses()
                    If oProcess.ProcessName.ToString = "evntcmd" Then
                        bEvntStart = True
                        hEvtCmd = oProcess.Handle
                        MessageBox.Show("found it: " & CType(hEvtCmd, String))
                    End If
                Next
            Loop

[ProphetBeal]

I'm not sure if there is another way, but I know you can use the SetWindowPos API to move/resize any window using the handle.

Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowPos" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long

[campster]

Do I need to import a specific namespace? I am getting errors that HWND_BOTTOM and SWP_HIDEWINDOW are not declared.

SetWindowPos(hEvtCmd, HWND_BOTTOM, 1, 1, 0, 0, SWP_HIDEWINDOW)

[campster]

This Link cleard up the enumerations but the window does not minimize.

Declare Auto Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _
                          ByVal hWndInsertAfter As IntPtr, _
                          ByVal X As Integer, _
                          ByVal Y As Integer, _
                          ByVal cx As Integer, _
                          ByVal cy As Integer, _
                          ByVal uFlags As UInteger) As Boolean

Dim hEvtCmd As IntPtr
            Dim bEvntStart As Boolean = False
            Dim HWND_BOTTOM As New IntPtr(1)
            Dim SWP_HIDEWINDOW As UInt32 = Convert.ToUInt32(&H80)
 
            Do While Not bEvntStart
                For Each oProcess In System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses()
                    If oProcess.ProcessName.ToString = "evntcmd" Then
                        bEvntStart = True
                        hEvtCmd = oProcess.Handle
                        SetWindowPos(hEvtCmd, HWND_BOTTOM, 1, 1, 0, 0, SWP_HIDEWINDOW)
                        'MessageBox.Show("found it: " & CType(hEvtCmd, String))
                    End If
                Next
            Loop

[ProphetBeal]

I'm sorry i got mixed up with my APIs. You should be using the "ShowWindow" API
Below is the code you would use.

Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" Alias "ShowWindow" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

Dim hEvtCmd As IntPtr
            Dim bEvntStart As Boolean = False
            Dim SW_HIDE As Long = 0
            
            Do While Not bEvntStart
                For Each oProcess In System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses()
                    If oProcess.ProcessName.ToString = "evntcmd" Then
                        bEvntStart = True
                        hEvtCmd = oProcess.Handle
                        ShowWindow(oProcess.Handle.ToInt64, SW_HIDE)
                        'MessageBox.Show("found it: " & CType(hEvtCmd, String))
                    End If
                Next
            Loop

[campster]

I think that some of the API headers have changed for 2005. This is wha tI needed to compile

Declare Auto Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" Alias "ShowWindow" _
                        (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, _
                        ByVal nCmdShow As Int32) As Long

But the window is still there. I have a feeling that the handle to the process is not the handle to the window.

I've seen code that searches for the title of all windows to find the window handle but i can't find it at the moment.