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ShowWindow API function doesn't work

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From: davichu
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 16:27
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Hi

I need to bring to front a specific window using the ShowWindow API
function, but doesn't work.

this is my function :


bool TRunningProcessManager::DisplayWindow( AnsiString args_Process)
{

  //local variables
  tagPROCESSENTRY32 pe32;
  HANDLE snap_hand  ;

  //initial assignment
  snap_hand = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS,0);
  pe32.dwSize = sizeof(pe32);

  //getting system proccess
  if ( (int) snap_hand == -1 )   //not stacked for a comprensive code
    return false;


  if( !Process32First( snap_hand,&pe32 ) )  //  not stacked for a
comprensive code
    return false;

  while( Process32Next ( snap_hand,&pe32 ) ) //moving acrosss processss
    {

    if( args_Process ==  pe32.szExeFile )
      {
      HANDLE ps = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS,false,(int)
pe32.th32ProcessID);
      if(ps)
        {
        if( IsWindow(ps) )
          {
          ShowWindow(ps,SW_RESTORE);   //SW_SHOWNORMAL , SW_SHOWNA.....
<=========================== here I try to show the window
          return true;
          } //end if the handler is a window
        }   // en if ps is not zero
      }     // end if both names are equal
    }       //end while

  return false;
}

there is others function like BringWindowToTop() or SetActiveWindow(), but
the results are similar.


thanks for your help
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