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winapivisual-studio-2015win-universal-appc++-cxgetforegroundwindow
RainRain
RainRain

Reputation: 453

"GetForegroundWindow: identifier not found" in visual studio 2015

I am developing a windows app in visual studio 2015 using C++. I need GetForegroundWindow() and GetWindowText() to return the app that is currently focusing on. However, it says GetForegroundWindow() and GetWindowText() are undefined even I've included "windows.h". I tried go to the definition of GetForegroundWindow(), it led me to "WinUser.h", so I included "WinUser.h" as well. But it still could not help. Here are my code:

#include "MainPage.xaml.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <WinUser.h>
#include <winapifamily.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace App1;
using namespace Platform;
using namespace Windows::Foundation;
using namespace Windows::Foundation::Collections;
using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml;
using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml::Controls;
using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml::Controls::Primitives;
using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml::Data;
using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml::Input;
using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml::Media;
using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml::Navigation;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

MainPage::MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

HWND currenthwnd, hwnd = NULL;
char wnd_title[1024];

void App1::MainPage::Focus_app_Click(Platform::Object^ sender, Windows::UI::Xaml::RoutedEventArgs^ e)
{
currenthwnd = GetForegroundWindow();
GetWindowText(hwnd, wnd_title, sizeof(wnd_title));
cout << wnd_title << endl;
}

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1022

Answers (1)

Ari0nhh
Ari0nhh

Reputation: 5920

GetForegroundWindowand GetWindowText in the WinUser.h are declared inside #if WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION(WINAPI_PARTITION_DESKTOP) macro block. So you could use them only for windows desktop applications.

Upvotes: 4

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