Hello. This is my first post. I'm using LV2014 and am developing a container to load with our current application to provide training material to users. I have a while loop that checks a training record to see if the user has viewed the material for the current active screen and prompts them if not. It works, but when I load it in the application, it can't see its own windows. I found the attached vi in a forum somewhere, but don't recall where. It gets the current active window just as long as the window is not part of the application that is running the vi. If I run two instances of the application, each one can get the active window for the other one. Any ideas?

Interesting, I have some very similar code that I use to see if the current VI is active or not, and it works in an executable. It runs the call library function nodes not in the UI thread, you can give it a try.

ni.com is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance.

Some services may be unavailable at this time. Please contact us for help or try again later.

LabVIEW

Get Current Active Window

Solved!

You want the active window, but you are calling the GetForegroundWindow. Why not calling the GetActiveWindow?

Foreground window ≠ active window.

Foreground window may belong to another application; while active window belongs to the same application.

George Zou

Message 11 of 12

(989 Views)

Sorry, I meant foreground window. 🙂

Christopher Povey

Principle Test Systems Engineer for BAE Systems.

Message 12 of 12

(981 Views)

LabVIEW

Get Current Active Window

Re: Get Current Active Window

Re: Get Current Active Window