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Re: ? determine of NO apps have focus

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From: KR
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 02:20
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You can use GetDesktopWindow and intercept mouse messages.  But if
you click on an icon I dont know if messages go to desktop or
to "icon object" of sorts.

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:29:55 +0000, DeKayA wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:14:52 +0100, Hans Galema <notused@notused.nl>
> wrote:
> 
> No no I don't think it should be activated with out special coding.
> I was just stating that the function I wish to instantiate should not
> conflict with anything because currently nothing happens.
> 
> What I am planning is a windows background manipulator.
> and the way I want to activate it is by clicking on an unused area.
> 
> That means I could click literally anywhere on the clear desktop and
> start MY app.  (Kinda special)
> 
> This means I need a small program that is running in the background
> that is waiting for a double click in a clear area.
> then I spawn my main program
> 
> Hope this makes it a bit clearer
> Dekaya
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>DeKayA@bellsouth.net wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to create a program that is activated when you double
>>> click in a  clear area of the desktop. Currently nothing happens. (At
>>> least in win2k on my machine.)    
>>
>>You could try to place a shortcut to your program at that place.
>>
>>Why do you think that your program should be activated without ?
>>
>>Hans.
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From: KR <kr@nospamme.net>
Subject: Re: ? determine of NO apps have focus
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:20:00 -0500
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