Taskbar Programs

[Shark]

How do I get all the programs that appears on the taskbar?

Use EnumWindows which will retrieve ALL open windows.

Cdoe for a Module

Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Declare Function GetWindowTextLength Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextLengthA" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Declare Function EnumWindows Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal lpEnumFunc As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long

Public Function EnumWindowsProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
    Dim Length As Long
    Dim sName As String
    Dim Temp As String
    Static iCount As Integer
    
    iCount = iCount + 1
    Length = GetWindowTextLength(hwnd) + 1
    
    If Length > 1 Then
      sName = Space(Length)
      GetWindowText hwnd, sName, Length
      Debug.Print Left(sName, Length - 1)
    End If
    
    EnumWindowsProc = 1
End Function

Code for a CommandButton

EnumWindows AddressOf EnumWindowsProc, 0

[gwdash]

This is Megatron's code with a modification to include the IsWindowVisible API, to check if the window is visible(enumwindows returns some non-visible ones)

Cdoe for a Module

Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Declare Function GetWindowTextLength Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextLengthA" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Declare Function EnumWindows Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal lpEnumFunc As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function IsWindowVisible Lib "user32" Alias "IsWindowVisible" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
 ' New Declare


Public Function EnumWindowsProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
    Dim Length As Long
    Dim sName As String
    Dim Temp As String
    Static iCount As Integer
    If IsWindowVisible(hwnd) ' Added 
    iCount = iCount + 1
    Length = GetWindowTextLength(hwnd) + 1
    
    If Length > 1 Then
      sName = Space(Length)
      GetWindowText hwnd, sName, Length
      Debug.Print Left(sName, Length - 1)
    End If
    End If ' Added
    EnumWindowsProc = 1
End Function

Code for a CommandButton

EnumWindows AddressOf EnumWindowsProc, 0

[bonjour]

i got this to work, but am wondering how do you get the information in a text box. Example: I build a form with a text box and want a listing of all open apps displayed in the text box.

Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Declare Function GetWindowTextLength Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextLengthA" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Declare Function EnumWindows Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal lpEnumFunc As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long

Public Function EnumWindowsProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
    Dim Length As Long
    Dim sName As String
    Dim Temp As String
    Static iCount As Integer
    
    iCount = iCount + 1
    Length = GetWindowTextLength(hwnd) + 1
    
    If Length > 1 Then
      sName = Space(Length)
      GetWindowText hwnd, sName, Length
      'Debug.Print Left(sName, Length - 1)
          Form1.Text1.text = Left(sName, Length - 1)
    End If
    
    EnumWindowsProc = 1
End Function