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detect foreground window switch in C#
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using System; | |
using System.Runtime.InteropServices; | |
using System.ComponentModel; | |
namespace ShellEventsTest | |
{ | |
class Program | |
{ | |
static void Main(string[] args) | |
{ | |
HookManager.SubscribeToWindowEvents(); | |
EventLoop.Run(); | |
} | |
} | |
public static class HookManager | |
{ | |
public static void SubscribeToWindowEvents() | |
{ | |
if (windowEventHook == IntPtr.Zero) | |
{ | |
windowEventHook = SetWinEventHook( | |
EVENT_SYSTEM_FOREGROUND, // eventMin | |
EVENT_SYSTEM_FOREGROUND, // eventMax | |
IntPtr.Zero, // hmodWinEventProc | |
WindowEventCallback, // lpfnWinEventProc | |
0, // idProcess | |
0, // idThread | |
WINEVENT_OUTOFCONTEXT | WINEVENT_SKIPOWNPROCESS); | |
if (windowEventHook == IntPtr.Zero) | |
{ | |
throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
private static void WindowEventCallback(IntPtr hWinEventHook, uint eventType, IntPtr hwnd, int idObject, int idChild, uint dwEventThread, uint dwmsEventTime) | |
{ | |
Console.WriteLine("Event {0}", hwnd); | |
} | |
private static IntPtr windowEventHook; | |
private delegate void WinEventProc(IntPtr hWinEventHook, uint eventType, IntPtr hwnd, int idObject, int idChild, uint dwEventThread, uint dwmsEventTime); | |
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)] | |
private static extern IntPtr SetWinEventHook(int eventMin, int eventMax, IntPtr hmodWinEventProc, WinEventProc lpfnWinEventProc, int idProcess, int idThread, int dwflags); | |
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)] | |
private static extern int UnhookWinEvent(IntPtr hWinEventHook); | |
private const int WINEVENT_INCONTEXT = 4; | |
private const int WINEVENT_OUTOFCONTEXT = 0; | |
private const int WINEVENT_SKIPOWNPROCESS = 2; | |
private const int WINEVENT_SKIPOWNTHREAD = 1; | |
private const int EVENT_SYSTEM_FOREGROUND = 3; | |
} | |
public static class EventLoop | |
{ | |
public static void Run() | |
{ | |
MSG msg; | |
while (true) | |
{ | |
if (PeekMessage(out msg, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) | |
{ | |
if (msg.Message == WM_QUIT) | |
break; | |
TranslateMessage(ref msg); | |
DispatchMessage(ref msg); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] | |
private struct MSG | |
{ | |
public IntPtr Hwnd; | |
public uint Message; | |
public IntPtr WParam; | |
public IntPtr LParam; | |
public uint Time; | |
public System.Drawing.Point Point; | |
} | |
const uint PM_NOREMOVE = 0; | |
const uint PM_REMOVE = 1; | |
const uint WM_QUIT = 0x0012; | |
[DllImport("user32.dll")] | |
private static extern bool PeekMessage(out MSG lpMsg, IntPtr hwnd, uint wMsgFilterMin, uint wMsgFilterMax, uint wRemoveMsg); | |
[DllImport("user32.dll")] | |
private static extern bool TranslateMessage(ref MSG lpMsg); | |
[DllImport("user32.dll")] | |
private static extern IntPtr DispatchMessage(ref MSG lpMsg); | |
} | |
} |
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