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    ptr_Electron
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    pls help me to Get the caption of active window... ::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); //ERROR error C2039: 'GetWindowTextA' : is not a member of 'HWND__' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\windef.h(195) : see declaration of 'HWND__'

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      pls help me to Get the caption of active window... ::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); //ERROR error C2039: 'GetWindowTextA' : is not a member of 'HWND__' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\windef.h(195) : see declaration of 'HWND__'

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      Demian Panello
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      I don't know what exactly are you trying to do. But for the code you've posted I see the following: GetActiveWindow() return a HWND handle, there are not members functions to access from it. So, after saving your handle like this: HWND hwnd = GetActiveWindow(); Then you could call GetWindowText like this: GetWindowText(hwnd, strCap, sizeof(strCap))

      Demian. "I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone." -Bjarne Stroustrup, computer science professor, designer of C++ programming language (1950- )

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        pls help me to Get the caption of active window... ::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); //ERROR error C2039: 'GetWindowTextA' : is not a member of 'HWND__' c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\windef.h(195) : see declaration of 'HWND__'

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        Rajkumar R
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        ptr_Electron wrote:

        ::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); //ERROR

        use CWnd::GetActiveWindow()

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          ptr_Electron wrote:

          ::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); //ERROR

          use CWnd::GetActiveWindow()

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          Rajesh R Subramanian
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          Rajkumar R wrote:

          use CWnd::GetActiveWindow()

          Only if he is using MFC. :)

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            I don't know what exactly are you trying to do. But for the code you've posted I see the following: GetActiveWindow() return a HWND handle, there are not members functions to access from it. So, after saving your handle like this: HWND hwnd = GetActiveWindow(); Then you could call GetWindowText like this: GetWindowText(hwnd, strCap, sizeof(strCap))

            Demian. "I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone." -Bjarne Stroustrup, computer science professor, designer of C++ programming language (1950- )

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            Or he can combine them into one:

            GetWindowText(GetActiveWindow(), strCap, sizeof(strcap));

            That assumes that strcap is a definitive size. The last parameter may need to change if it happens to be a CString or strring or pointer to some buffer. Good luck.

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              Rajkumar R wrote:

              use CWnd::GetActiveWindow()

              Only if he is using MFC. :)

              Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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              see this, ::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); //ERROR It looks like calling a member function using a class instance, possibly CWnd * (from GetActiveWindow), and :: makes the Global scope rather CWnd.

              Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

              Only if he is using MFC

              I implicitly telling him to move to MFC. :)

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                see this, ::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); //ERROR It looks like calling a member function using a class instance, possibly CWnd * (from GetActiveWindow), and :: makes the Global scope rather CWnd.

                Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                Only if he is using MFC

                I implicitly telling him to move to MFC. :)

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                Rajkumar R wrote:

                I implicitly telling him to move to MFC.

                :laugh:

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                  Or he can combine them into one:

                  GetWindowText(GetActiveWindow(), strCap, sizeof(strcap));

                  That assumes that strcap is a definitive size. The last parameter may need to change if it happens to be a CString or strring or pointer to some buffer. Good luck.

                  Karl - WK5M PP-ASEL-IA (N43CS) PGP Key: 0xDB02E193 PGP Key Fingerprint: 8F06 5A2E 2735 892B 821C 871A 0411 94EA DB02 E193

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                  Oh yeah, of course.

                  Demian. "I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone." -Bjarne Stroustrup, computer science professor, designer of C++ programming language (1950- )

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                    Rajkumar R wrote:

                    use CWnd::GetActiveWindow()

                    Only if he is using MFC. :)

                    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                    ptr_Electron
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                    yeap am using MFC, thank you all Friends... CWnd::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); did the job

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                      see this, ::GetActiveWindow()->GetWindowText(strCap); //ERROR It looks like calling a member function using a class instance, possibly CWnd * (from GetActiveWindow), and :: makes the Global scope rather CWnd.

                      Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                      Only if he is using MFC

                      I implicitly telling him to move to MFC. :)

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                      Rajkumar R wrote:

                      I implicitly telling him to move to MFC.

                      Why this bad suggestion? :-D

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                      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke

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                        Rajkumar R wrote:

                        use CWnd::GetActiveWindow()

                        Only if he is using MFC. :)

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                        Probably he is (there's namespace scope specification). :)

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                          Rajkumar R wrote:

                          I implicitly telling him to move to MFC.

                          Why this bad suggestion? :-D

                          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke

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                          to use CWnd::GetActiveWindow() :-D

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                            Probably he is (there's namespace scope specification). :)

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                            namespace scope can be used in non-MFC C++. :)

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                              namespace scope can be used in non-MFC C++. :)

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                              CPallini
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                              It is redundant: if you don't need it, don't use it. :-D

                              If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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                                It is redundant: if you don't need it, don't use it. :-D

                                If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                                This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke

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                                int CMyNonMFCFrameWorkNameSpace::GetWindowText(HWND hWnd, LPTSTR lpString, int nMaxCount ) { CMyNonMFCFrameWorkLog log("GetWindowText"); return ::GetWindowText(hWnd, lpString, nMaxCount); } There are useful example with other API's, though the above is not a so useful example, it is possible to have such situation that is not redundant. otherwise namespace concept is not needed. I can give example exactly that match OPs statement without MFC classes and other namespace. :)

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                                  int CMyNonMFCFrameWorkNameSpace::GetWindowText(HWND hWnd, LPTSTR lpString, int nMaxCount ) { CMyNonMFCFrameWorkLog log("GetWindowText"); return ::GetWindowText(hWnd, lpString, nMaxCount); } There are useful example with other API's, though the above is not a so useful example, it is possible to have such situation that is not redundant. otherwise namespace concept is not needed. I can give example exactly that match OPs statement without MFC classes and other namespace. :)

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                                  Rajkumar R wrote:

                                  the above is not a so useful example

                                  :-D

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                                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke

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