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.Net EnumWindows
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder strText, int maxCount);
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private static extern int GetWindowTextLength(IntPtr hWnd);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool EnumWindows(EnumWindowsProc enumProc, IntPtr lParam);
// Delegate to filter which windows to include
public delegate bool EnumWindowsProc(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr lParam);
/// <summary> Get the text for the window pointed to by hWnd </summary>
public static string GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd)
{
int size = GetWindowTextLength(hWnd);
if (size > 0)
{
var builder = new StringBuilder(size + 1);
GetWindowText(hWnd, builder, builder.Capacity);
return builder.ToString();
}
return String.Empty;
}
/// <summary> Find all windows that match the given filter </summary>
/// <param name="filter"> A delegate that returns true for windows
/// that should be returned and false for windows that should
/// not be returned </param>
public static IEnumerable<IntPtr> FindWindows(EnumWindowsProc filter)
{
IntPtr found = IntPtr.Zero;
List<IntPtr> windows = new List<IntPtr>();
EnumWindows(delegate(IntPtr wnd, IntPtr param)
{
if (filter(wnd, param))
{
// only add the windows that pass the filter
windows.Add(wnd);
}
// but return true here so that we iterate all windows
return true;
}, IntPtr.Zero);
return windows;
}
/// <summary> Find all windows that contain the given title text </summary>
/// <param name="titleText"> The text that the window title must contain. </param>
public static IEnumerable<IntPtr> FindWindowsWithText(string titleText)
{
return FindWindows(delegate(IntPtr wnd, IntPtr param)
{
return GetWindowText(wnd).Contains(titleText);
});
}
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