finding out classes?

[da_silvy]

how do i find out the class of an application so that i can use the function findwindow, to get its handle?

[Joacim Andersson]

The class name is normally registred when the window is created.
The only way that I know of to get the class name is to call GetClassName. But that call requires the hWnd of the window. So I suppose that is of no help to you.

[da_silvy]

how come megatron knew that ie was "IEFRAME" then?

[Joacim Andersson]

OK I thought you wanted to know how your program could find out.
You can use SPY++ to get the Class name.

[kedaman]

There's many way to find out, but the thing is that you find the window handles, not the classes.

Enumwindows, enumerates windows
Windowfrompoint, returns the top window from a position on the screen.
getparent, returns the parent window to a window.

you could do a lot with that already. well, never used spy++ since i made my own

I don't use Spy++ either, I made my own spy tool which can get almost any information about windows (which it stores in a treeview), the only problem I have with the program is the fact that I can't subclass other threads without a DLL.

About your question: You can enumerate the windows using EnumWindows and in the EnumProc check the classname of the window you want.

[da_silvy]

well then how do i find out the class through spy++?

also, i do want the class names, so that i can find a window of ie, or word, and make it faster than if i had to enumerate all windows!

[Joacim Andersson]

Start Spy++ and choose the Find Window tool on the Spy menu.
Drag the Finder Tool to the window you want to find the class for and drop it.
Word 2000 => OpusApp

Best regards

[da_silvy]

thanks Joacim