/// <summary>
/// this application uses polling to serialise the call to this method
/// </summary>
/// <param name="windowTitleText"></param>
/// <param name="className"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IntPtr GetWindowHandle(Regex windowTitleText = null, Regex className = null, Regex process = null)
{
_windowHandle = IntPtr.Zero;
var finder = new WindowFinder();
finder.FindWindows(0, className, windowTitleText, process, FoundWindow);
int waitTimePerCycle = 100;
int millSecondInFiveSeconds = 5 * 1000;
//varriable polling
for (int i = 0; i < millSecondInFiveSeconds / waitTimePerCycle; i++)
{
if (IntPtr.Zero == _windowHandle)
{
Thread.Sleep(100);
}
else
{
var result = _windowHandle;
_windowHandle = IntPtr.Zero;
return(result);
}
}
throw new Exception("Window not found exception");
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Introduced in the "Finding specific windows" blog, we use the WindowFinder class to find all Internet Explorer main window instances.
WindowFinder wf = new WindowFinder();
// Find all visual studio instances
//var appDimensions = GetApplicationWidthAndHeight("Paint");
//Console.WriteLine("Width: " + appDimensions.Item1 + ", Height: " + appDimensions.Item2);
Console.Read();
}
/// <summary>
/// returns application width as item 1, returns application height as item 2
/// This method uses polling to make the call synchronous
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Tuple <int, int> GetApplicationWidthAndHeight(IntPtr handle)
{
_widthHeight = null;
WindowFinder wf = new WindowFinder();
FoundWindow((int)handle);
int waitTimePerCycle = 100;
int millSecondInFiveSeconds = 5 * 1000;
for (int i = 0; i < millSecondInFiveSeconds / waitTimePerCycle; i++)
{
if (null == _widthHeight)
{
Thread.Sleep(100);
}
else
{
return(_widthHeight);
}
}
throw new TimeoutException("Timed out in GetApplicationWidthAndHeight");
}