List Currently Opened Windows with VB.net

Original post by Jupiter13 at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2592441&SiteID=1

The question:

I am trying to list all of the currently open windows that are in the taskbar. Does anybody know how to do that?

Thanks in advance.

The accepted answer by Tall Dude:

If you just want the applications,

(not all windows,) try:

Public Class Form1

' Derived from code at:

' http://www.thescarms.com/vbasic/alttab.aspx

Declare Function EnumWindows Lib "user32" _

(ByVal lpEnumFunc As CallBack, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Integer

Declare Function GetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" () As Integer

Declare Function GetParent Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer) As Integer

Declare Function GetWindow Lib "user32" _

(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal wCmd As Integer) As Integer

Declare Function GetWindowInteger Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" _

(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal nIndex As Integer) As Integer

Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" _

(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Integer) As Integer

Declare Function IsIconic Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer) As Integer

Declare Function IsWindowVisible Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer) As Integer





'

' Constants used with APIs

'

Public Const SW_SHOW = 5

Public Const SW_RESTORE = 9

Public Const GW_OWNER = 4

Public Const GWL_HWNDPARENT = (-8)

Public Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)

Public Const WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = &H80

Public Const WS_EX_APPWINDOW = &H40000

'



Public Delegate Function CallBack(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Boolean





Public Shared Function fEnumWindowsCallBack(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Boolean

Dim lReturn As Integer

Dim lExStyle As Integer

Dim bNoOwner As Boolean

Dim sWindowText As String

'

' This callback function is called by Windows (from

' the EnumWindows API call) for EVERY window that exists.

' It populates the listbox with a list of windows that we

' are interested in.

'

' Windows to display are those that:

' - are not this app's

' - are visible

' - do not have a parent

' - have no owner and are not Tool windows OR

' have an owner and are App windows

'

If hwnd <> Form1.Handle Then

If IsWindowVisible(hwnd) Then

If GetParent(hwnd) = 0 Then

bNoOwner = (GetWindow(hwnd, GW_OWNER) = 0)

lExStyle = GetWindowInteger(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE)



If (((lExStyle And WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW) = 0) And bNoOwner) Or _

((lExStyle And WS_EX_APPWINDOW) And Not bNoOwner) Then

'

' Get the window's caption.

'

sWindowText = Space$(256)

lReturn = GetWindowText(hwnd, sWindowText, Len(sWindowText))

If lReturn Then

'

' Add it to our list.

'

sWindowText = Trim(sWindowText)

Form1.ListBox1.Items.Add(sWindowText)



End If

End If

End If

End If

End If

fEnumWindowsCallBack = True

End Function







Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _

ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

ListBox1.Items.Clear()

EnumWindows(AddressOf fEnumWindowsCallBack, 0)

End Sub

End Class