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Re: Initial Session Title? Tried WinQuerySwitchList,WinQueryWindowText,LM_QUERYITEMTEXT

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From: Jim Lewis
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 00:00
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trindflo@fishnet.net wrote:
> 
> Could somebody help me with a tricky session manager question?  I am
> attempting to find the "initial" Title field of a task as displayed
> in the Window List or Task List which is displayed when Ctl-Esc is
> typed.  Session Manager yields some of this information with the
> WinQuerySwitchList function, but the szSwtitle which is returned is
> replaced with the name of the currently running program in the case of
> an OS/2 Full-Screen or Window.  WinQueryWindowText always yields the
> same text.  Both the initial task name and the currently running program
> are displayed in the Window List, but I have been unable to get this
> window to return this string using LM_QUERYITEMTEXT.  TIA.
> 
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 I can't tell what you're asking for here, but I think I have an answer
for you anyway. Years ago I wrote an app which would always show you the
titlebar of whatever object had the focus. I'll see if I can did it up
and send the source to you. With a little tweaking I think it will do
what you want.

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From: Jim Lewis <jklewis@austin.ibm.nospam.com>
Subject: Re: Initial Session Title? Tried WinQuerySwitchList,WinQueryWindowText,LM_QUERYITEMTEXT
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