I'm trying to make sure I get the handle to the Notepad window before
attempting alterations by using:
hNotepad = FindWindow("Notepad",NULL);
but it's returning NULL and I'm not sure why. Any ideas?
--- In [email protected], Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> remarknibor wrote:
> > I've been trying to alter the Notepad window like this:
> >
> > hwnd = GetForegroundWindow();
> > LONG nOldStyle = GetWindowLongPtr(hwnd, GWL_STYLE);
> > LONG nNewStyle = nOldStyle & ~WS_CAPTION;
> > SetWindowLongPtr(hwnd, GWL_STYLE, nNewStyle);
> > InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, FALSE);
>
> Actually, now that I think about it, your original assumption of
using
> GetSystemMenu() and EnableMenuItem() was probably correct.
Disabling
> the SC_CLOSE menu item has the side-effect of disabling the close
button.
>
> HMENU MyMenu = GetSystemMenu(SomeHwnd, FALSE);
> EnableMenuItem(MyMenu, SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND | MF_GRAYED |
MF_DISABLED);
>
>
> GetForegroundWindow() does not always return the window handle you
> expect and may even return NULL. Always check to make sure you
have the
> right window handle by matching it with its process ID.
>
> NOTE: Fiddling with other processes in this manner may not be
allowed.
> A simpler approach might be to simply restart Notepad if it is
closed
> (i.e. the process handle becomes 'signaled') before the time is up.
>
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