by Anonymous (267 Submissions)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 2nd June 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: (1 Votes)
Retrieve the title of the active window
API Declarations
Private Declare Function GetWindowTextLength Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextLengthA" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetParent Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
' if GetParent = true then the parent window is
' returned.
Public Function GetActiveWindowTitle(ByVal ReturnParent As Boolean) As String
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
i = GetForegroundWindow
If ReturnParent Then
Do While i <> 0
j = i
i = GetParent(i)
Loop
i = j
End If
GetActiveWindowTitle = GetWindowTitle(i)
End Function
Public Function GetWindowTitle(ByVal hwnd As Long) As String
Dim l As Long
Dim s As String
l = GetWindowTextLength(hwnd)
s = Space(l + 1)
GetWindowText hwnd, s, l + 1
GetWindowTitle = Left$(s, l)
End Function