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  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

    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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    Rajkumar R
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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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    • R Rajkumar R

      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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      Rajesh R Subramanian
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      Rajkumar R wrote:

      I implicitly telling him to move to MFC.

      :laugh:

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

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      • K krmed

        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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        Demian Panello
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        Oh yeah, of course.

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        • R Rajesh R Subramanian

          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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          • R Rajkumar R

            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

            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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            • R Rajesh R Subramanian

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

              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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              • C CPallini

                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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                Rajkumar R
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                to use CWnd::GetActiveWindow() :-D

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

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

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                  • R Rajkumar R

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

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                    • C CPallini

                      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

                        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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