Detect when a window comes to front?

[sourcerer]

Hi,
This may be an incredible stupid question (I'm great at those and always improving that), but is it through hooking possible to detect when a window pops to the foreground? (I'd like to do this in VC but that's a detail).

I know I can poll the foreground window, but I'd specifically wouldn't want to do that.

Anyone?

Thanks,
Kaj

[dcsoft]

is it through hooking possible to detect when a window pops to the foreground? (I'd like to do this in VC but that's a detail).

You wouldn't need madCodeHook. Just use SetWindowsHookEx(WH_SHELL, ...) and get the HSHELL_WINDOWACTIVATED message. Or use the WH_CBT and get the HCBT_ACTIVATE message.

-- David
http://www.dcsoft.com

[sourcerer]

Thanks David.

It had to be simple. Yet, I find not many things simple once it involves microsoft code.

Again,
Thanks,
Kaj