Originally Posted by FTProtocol

Just wondering if theres a function to get the window title of your browser.

Like if you were to visit www.myspace.com your window title would be: www.myspace.com - Mozilla Firefox

or w/e browser you happen to use.

Is there a way to get the title of a window?

Originally Posted by Clockowl

Hey, in the past I've messed with those functions a bit, here're the results. Might help you a bit.

Finds a window given a caption:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
  HWND hWnd;
  char windowName[512];
 
  printf("Window to look for: ");
  fgets(windowName, 512, stdin);
  if (hWnd = FindWindow(NULL, windowName)){
    printf("hWnd : %Xh with caption:\n\t",hWnd );
    GetWindowText(hWnd, windowName, 512);
  }
  else printf("No window found with that caption!");
 
  return 0;
}

#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]){ HWND hWnd; char windowName[512]; printf("Window to look for: "); fgets(windowName, 512, stdin); if (hWnd = FindWindow(NULL, windowName)){ printf("hWnd : %Xh with caption:\n\t",hWnd ); GetWindowText(hWnd, windowName, 512); } else printf("No window found with that caption!"); return 0; }

Enumerates all windows and displays some information about them. Then allows to hide a window.

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#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
char windowName[63];
 
int DisplayWindows(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam);
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
  EnumWindows((WNDENUMPROC) DisplayWindows,(LPARAM) NULL);
 
  printf("What window do you want to hide? (give the hWnd)\nhWnd: ");
  int hWnd;
  scanf("%d", &hWnd);
 
  if (!IsWindow((HWND)hWnd)){
    printf("Window doesn't exist!");
    return 0;
  }
 
  if(!ShowWindow((HWND) hWnd, SW_HIDE)){
    printf("Window was already hidden...");
  }
 
  return 0;
}
 
int DisplayWindows(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam){
  GetWindowText(hWnd, windowName, 63);
  if (windowName[0] == '\0') return 1;
 
  printf("hWnd: %d\nClass: ", hWnd);
  GetClassName(hWnd, windowName, 63);
  puts(windowName);
  printf("Caption:");
  GetWindowText(hWnd, windowName, 63);
  puts(windowName);
  printf("\n");
  return 1;
}

#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> char windowName[63]; int DisplayWindows(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam); int main(int argc, char *argv[]){ EnumWindows((WNDENUMPROC) DisplayWindows,(LPARAM) NULL); printf("What window do you want to hide? (give the hWnd)\nhWnd: "); int hWnd; scanf("%d", &hWnd); if (!IsWindow((HWND)hWnd)){ printf("Window doesn't exist!"); return 0; } if(!ShowWindow((HWND) hWnd, SW_HIDE)){ printf("Window was already hidden..."); } return 0; } int DisplayWindows(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam){ GetWindowText(hWnd, windowName, 63); if (windowName[0] == '\0') return 1; printf("hWnd: %d\nClass: ", hWnd); GetClassName(hWnd, windowName, 63); puts(windowName); printf("Caption:"); GetWindowText(hWnd, windowName, 63); puts(windowName); printf("\n"); return 1; }