CSharp/C#, Getting info on currently executing programs

Getting info on currently executing programs

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Mike #1 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs I want to write a small task switching utility which will sit on my desktop and show all the programs/windows I currently have running/open so that I can switch between them with a mouse click. Is there a class in the .net framework which provides information on the programs currently running or on the windows currently open? I have been through the .net documentation & the Professional C# wrox book to no avail. Many thanks, Mike
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:04:30 GMT

Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP #2 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs Mike, You can always call the static GetProcesses method on the Process class. Once you have this, you can get the handle for the window on each process and then call ShowWindow through the P/Invoke layer. Hope this helps. -- - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] Quote: > I want to write a small task switching utility which will sit on my desktop > and show all the programs/windows I currently have running/open so that I > can switch between them with a mouse click. > Is there a class in the .net framework which provides information on the > programs currently running or on the windows currently open? > I have been through the .net documentation & the Professional C# wrox book > to no avail. > Many thanks, > Mike
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:21:09 GMT

MVP #3 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs Here is a little C# app. showing how to enumerate all current windows, and get some basic info. back. Easy to extend: http://home.istar.ca/~neutron/enumwindows/EnumWins.cs - Michel Gallant MVP Security http://home.istar.ca/~neutron Quote: > Mike, > You can always call the static GetProcesses method on the Process class. > Once you have this, you can get the handle for the window on each process > and then call ShowWindow through the P/Invoke layer. > Hope this helps. > -- > - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] > > I want to write a small task switching utility which will sit on my > desktop > > and show all the programs/windows I currently have running/open so that I > > can switch between them with a mouse click. > > Is there a class in the .net framework which provides information on the > > programs currently running or on the windows currently open? > > I have been through the .net documentation & the Professional C# wrox book > > to no avail. > > Many thanks, > > Mike
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:55:12 GMT

#4 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Chris Kerse #5 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. I'm tinkering with .net and part of the program that I am designing requires the ability to detect how long someone has been idle (i.e. no keystrokes detected) and then display a prompt if someone exceeds that pre-determined amount of time. Can someone point me to an article, or give off some keywords that might help me to find information on how to do this? Thanks! Chris
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 03:01:55 GMT

Chris Kerse #6 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs Ug, I hit reply instead of post and buried my post under someone else's post. Sorry for this repost; just wanted to make sure someone found it. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. I'm tinkering with .net and part of the program that I am designing requires the ability to detect how long someone has been idle (i.e. no keystrokes detected) and then display a prompt if someone exceeds that pre-determined amount of time. Can someone point me to an article, or give off some keywords that might help me to find information on how to do this? Thanks! Chris
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:25:12 GMT

Greg Ewing [MVP #7 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs Chris, to do this across the system as a whole you will have to resort to unmanaged C++. You can set a system hook using the SetSystemHook API. Check out this post (watch line wrap). If you have any specific questions feel free to post. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=C%23+greg+Ewing+SetSystemHook&hl=en... =UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=330f01c1fc16%24c2157230%242ae2c90a%40hosting.microsoft. com&rnum=1 -- Greg Ewing [MVP] http://www.claritycon.com/ Quote: > Ug, I hit reply instead of post and buried my post under someone else's > post. Sorry for this repost; just wanted to make sure someone found it. > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. > I'm tinkering with .net and part of the program that I am designing requires > the ability to detect how long someone has been idle (i.e. no keystrokes > detected) and then display a prompt if someone exceeds that pre-determined > amount of time. > Can someone point me to an article, or give off some keywords that might > help me to find information on how to do this? > Thanks! > Chris
Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:48:45 GMT

Chris Kerse #8 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs Thanks for the reply! I'll look into. Quote: > Chris, to do this across the system as a whole you will have to resort to > unmanaged C++. You can set a system hook using the SetSystemHook API. > Check out this post (watch line wrap). If you have any specific questions > feel free to post. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=C%23+greg+Ewing+SetSystemHook&hl=en... =UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=330f01c1fc16%24c2157230%242ae2c90a%40hosting.microsoft. Quote: > com&rnum=1 > -- > Greg Ewing [MVP] > http://www.claritycon.com/ > > Ug, I hit reply instead of post and buried my post under someone else's > > post. Sorry for this repost; just wanted to make sure someone found it. > > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. > > I'm tinkering with .net and part of the program that I am designing > requires > > the ability to detect how long someone has been idle (i.e. no keystrokes > > detected) and then display a prompt if someone exceeds that pre-determined > > amount of time. > > Can someone point me to an article, or give off some keywords that might > > help me to find information on how to do this? > > Thanks! > > Chris
Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:48:51 GMT

#9 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Bill Woodruf #10 / 10	Getting info on currently executing programs Mike, I happened to be browsing the on-line August 2002 MSDN magazine tonight and came across : http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/08/CQA/default.aspx which has downloadable C# source for enumerating windows/processes. And he has packaged it in a very modular way. best, Bill Quote: > I want to write a small task switching utility which will sit on my desktop > and show all the programs/windows I currently have running/open so that I > can switch between them with a mouse click. > Is there a class in the .net framework which provides information on the > programs currently running or on the windows currently open? > I have been through the .net documentation & the Professional C# wrox book > to no avail. > Many thanks, > Mike
Thu, 05 May 2005 06:10:26 GMT

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