ao/win32/src/uiutil.c

   1 /*
   2  * $Id: uiutil.c,v 1.1 2001/09/05 19:10:01 cwolf Exp $
   3  * $Name:  $
   4  *
   5  * Get the window handle of the controlling console of a console-mode
   6  * application.
   7  *
   8  * This came right off Microsoft's MSDN library, so I doubt there's
   9  * less kludgy way to handle this.
  10  */
  11 #define MY_BUFSIZE 1024 // Buffer size for console window titles.
  12
  13 HWND getConsoleWindow()
  14 {
  15         HWND hwndFound;         // This is what is returned to the caller.
  16   char pszNewWindowTitle[MY_BUFSIZE]; // Contains fabricated
  17                                       // WindowTitle.
  18   char pszOldWindowTitle[MY_BUFSIZE]; // Contains original
  19                                       // WindowTitle.
  20
  21        // Fetch current window title.
  22   GetConsoleTitle(pszOldWindowTitle, MY_BUFSIZE);
  23
  24        // Format a "unique" NewWindowTitle.
  25   (void)wsprintf(pszNewWindowTitle,"%d/%d", GetTickCount(),
  26                                             GetCurrentProcessId());
  27
  28        // Change current window title.
  29   SetConsoleTitle(pszNewWindowTitle);
  30
  31        // Ensure window title has been updated.
  32   Sleep(40);
  33
  34        // Look for NewWindowTitle.
  35   hwndFound=FindWindow(NULL, pszNewWindowTitle);
  36
  37        // Restore original window title.
  38   SetConsoleTitle(pszOldWindowTitle);
  39
  40   return(hwndFound);
  41 }