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ActivateKeyboardLayout
BlockInput
EnableWindow
GetActiveWindow
GetAsyncKeyState
GetFocus
GetKBCodePage
GetKeyboardLayout
GetKeyboardLayoutList
GetKeyboardLayoutName
GetKeyboardState
GetKeyNameText
GetKeyState
IsWindowEnabled
keybd_event
MapVirtualKey
RegisterHotKey
SetFocus
SetKeyboardState
ToAscii
UnregisterHotKey
VkKeyScan
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Configuring DEVMODE structure for a printer
Confining Windows calculator inside the VFP main window
Creating a window using CreateWindowEx function
Creating an Open dialog box to specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to open (Shell32 version)
Creating the Open dialog box to specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to open
Creating the Save dialog box to specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to save
Deleting files into the Recycle Bin
Displaying bitmap using the AlphaBlend function
Displaying printer-properties Property Sheet for the specified printer
Displaying system dialog that selects a folder
Drawing a rectangle using Windows regular edges and borders
Drawing a window caption using the DrawCaption routine
Drawing cursors for the classes defined by the system (preregistered): BUTTON, EDIT, LISTBOX etc.
Drawing icons associated with the VFP main window
Drawing Windows frame controls using the DrawFrameControl function
Drawing Windows predefined bitmaps using the LoadBitmap functions
Establishing connection using the SQLDriverConnect
Extended MessageBox Class
FindText -- the hopeless and useless Common Dialog
Form Magnifier
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Getting a bit more than the _CLIPTEXT offers
How to browse and connect to printers on a network (WinNT)
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How to display picture stored in enhanced-format metafile (*.emf)
How to display the port-configuration dialog box for a port on the specified server
How to display the Properties dialog box for a file (ShellExecuteEx)
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How to play AVI file on the _screen
How to position the GETPRINTER() dialog
How to print a bitmap file
How to print picture stored in enhanced-format metafile (*.emf)
How to put a horizontal text scrolling on the form (a news line)
How to put a vertical text scrolling on the form (a movie cast)
How to remove a directory that is not empty
Initiating Inet connection using a modem
Locking mouse and keyboard input for the VFP application
Minimizing all running applications
Obtaining the bounding rectangle for the specified device context
Obtaining window class name for the main VFP window
Placing an arbitrary rectangular area of main VFP window on the Clipboard
Printing text on the client area of the main VFP window
Printing text on the main VFP window
Reading metrics for the currently selected font
Reading the structure of VFP main menu
Retrieving information about the main VFP window
Retrieving long values associated with the class of the VFP window
Retrieving Window Class information for the VFP window
Scanning the hierarchy of child windows down from the main VFP window
Sending a standard message with one or more attached files using default email client
Setting the mouse capture to the specified window
Simple MAPI: how to pick an email recipient from Outlook Express address book
Splash Screen for the VFP application
Starting a dialog box for connecting to network resources (mapping network drive)
Storing content of the Clipboard to a bitmap file
Terminating all running applications from a VFP program
Testing Clipboard functions: emptying the clipboard
The window and its ancestors
Using FlashWindowEx to flash the taskbar button of the VFP application
Using Font and Text functions
Using GetNearestColor
Using InternetGoOnline function
Using IsChild() for testing ThisForm.ShowWindow property
Using the ChooseColor function
Using the DrawText function
Using the GradientFill function
Using the IsWindowEnabled function
Using the LoadImage function to have a bitmap file loaded and displayed on VFP main window
Using the MessageBox Win32 function
Using the RestartDialog function -- restarting Windows
Who is the first in viewing the Clipboard
Who owns the Windows Clipboard
Retrieving Window Class information for the VFP window

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DO decl
 
LOCAL hWnd, lcClassName, hInstance, lcWndClass,;
    lcClassNameRet, lcMenuNameRet
 
STORE SPACE(250) TO lcClassNameRet, lcMenuNameRet
 
hWnd = GetActiveWindow()
lcClassName = GetClsName (hWnd)
hInstance = GetModuleHandle(0)
 
? "*** Input parameters"
? "Class name retrieved through the GetClassName:", lcClassName
? "Module handle:", hInstance
?
 
*| typedef struct _WNDCLASS {
*|     UINT       style;           0:4
*|     WNDPROC    lpfnWndProc;     4:4
*|     int        cbClsExtra;      8:4
*|     int        cbWndExtra;     12:4
*|     HINSTANCE  hInstance;      16:4
*|     HICON      hIcon;          20:4
*|     HCURSOR    hCursor;        24:4
*|     HBRUSH     hbrBackground;  28:4
*|     LPCTSTR    lpszMenuName;   32:4
*|     LPCTSTR    lpszClassName;  36:4
*| } WNDCLASS, *PWNDCLASS; total bytes: 40
#DEFINE WNDCLASS_SIZE  40
 
lcWndClass = Repli(Chr(0), WNDCLASS_SIZE)
= GetClassInfo (hInstance, lcClassName, @lcWndClass)
 
* While tested under VFP6+WinMe:
* Have fun: there is no guarantee for you to get the Class and Menu names back;
* despite of the GetClassInfo returns the proper pointers to 
* corresponding memory blocks -- lpszMenuName and lpszClassName
 
* quite often the VFP has its time and inspiration to fill these memory blocks
* with some other stuff within a jiffy before or after the GetClassInfo 
* finishes and returns control to the program; at least it looks like it does;
 
* switch between Try A and Try B -- you could find them returning different
* results, despite their identity; sometimes even Try A returns a garbage
 
* Try A:
= FillBuffer (@lcClassNameRet, buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 37,4)))
= FillBuffer (@lcMenuNameRet, buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 33,4)))
 
? "*** Output from the GetClassInfo"
? "Style:        ", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass,  1,4))
? "lpfnWndProc:  ", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass,  5,4))
? "cbClsExtra:   ", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass,  9,4))
? "cbWndExtra:   ", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 13,4))
? "hInstance:    ", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 17,4))
? "hIcon:        ", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 21,4))
? "hCursor:      ", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 25,4))
? "hbrBackground:", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 29,4))
? "lpszMenuName: ", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 33,4))
? "lpszClassName:", buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 37,4))
?
 
* Try B:
*= FillBuffer (@lcClassNameRet, buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 37,4)))
*= FillBuffer (@lcMenuNameRet, buf2dword(SUBSTR(lcWndClass, 33,4)))
 
? "Class name:   ", lcClassNameRet
? "Menu name:    ", lcMenuNameRet
 
PROCEDURE  FillBuffer (lcBuffer, lnPtr)
    IF lnPtr = 0
        lcBuffer = ""
    ELSE
        = Heap2String (@lcBuffer, lnPtr, Len(lcBuffer))
        lcBuffer = SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 1, AT(Chr(0), lcBuffer)-1)
    ENDIF
 
FUNCTION  GetClsName (lnHwnd)
    LOCAL lnBufsize, lcClassName
    lnBufsize = 250
    lcClassName = SPACE(lnBufsize)
    lnBufsize = GetClassName (lnHwnd, @lcClassName, lnBufsize)
RETURN  SUBSTR(lcClassName, 1, lnBufsize)
 
FUNCTION  buf2dword (lcBuffer)
RETURN Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 1,1)) + ;
    Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 2,1)) * 256 +;
    Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 3,1)) * 65536 +;
    Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 4,1)) * 16777216
 
PROCEDURE  decl
    DECLARE INTEGER GetActiveWindow IN user32
    DECLARE INTEGER GetModuleHandle IN kernel32 STRING lpModuleName
 
    DECLARE RtlMoveMemory IN kernel32 As Heap2String;
        STRING @Dest, INTEGER Src, INTEGER nLength
 
    DECLARE INTEGER GetClassName IN user32;
        INTEGER hWnd, STRING lpClassName, INTEGER nMaxCount
 
    DECLARE INTEGER GetClassInfo IN user32;
        INTEGER hInstance, STRING lpClassName, STRING @lpWndClass
 
 

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Created: 2001-12-02 15:15:22  
Modified: 2005-10-27 19:03:47  
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My comment:
While tested under VFP6+WinMe:

Have fun: there is no guarantee for you to get the Class and Menu names back, despite of the GetClassInfo returns the proper pointers to corresponding memory blocks -- lpszMenuName and lpszClassName.

Quite often the VFP has its time and inspiration to fill these memory blocks with some other stuff within a jiffy before or after the GetClassInfo finishes and returns control to the program; at least it looks like it does.

Switch between Try A and Try B -- you could find them returning different results, despite their identity; sometimes even Try A returns a garbage.

* * *
Having Microsoft Spy++ installed (included in all Visual Studio versions), you may want to spy on some VFP windows. For example, WAIT WINDOW window. Its window class is VFP664000002 for VFP6, vfp884000003 for VFP8 and vfp994000003 for VFP9. I have no data for other VFP versions.

When FoxPro starts, it creates two or three windows of this class, all owned by the main VFP window, and hides them. Every time WAIT WINDOW command is issued, one more WW window is created, the only one visible. Eventually this window is destroyed as a result of WAIT CLEAR or keypress etc.

Each WW window has separate device context, that means it is drawn separately. All of them share same WinProc. It is possible to use SetClassLong to change Window style for all eventually created WW windows.

An instance of FoxPro Timer Control, when started, ticks behind a WAIT WINDOW, which opens possibilty for minor adjustments and pranks.
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