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- Run EXE No Focus
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Run EXE No Focus
Keywords: Run EXE No Not Focus Active udfRunNotActive SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE ShellExecuteEx ShellExecuteExA
Question:
In WB is it possible to run another application (an executable) without the other application taking focus? by this I mean use one of the run commands I know there is a RunIcon but for instance if you need to run Notepad as a normal window with no focus can this be done?Answer:
#DefineFunction udfRunNotActive (filename) bbfile=BinaryAlloc(StrLen(filename)) BinaryPokeStr(bbfile,0,filename) bbExecInfo=BinaryAlloc(60) BinaryPoke4(bbExecInfo,00,60) BinaryPoke4(bbExecInfo,04,0); BinaryPoke4(bbExecInfo,08,0) BinaryPoke4(bbExecInfo,16,IntControl(42,bbfile,0,0,0)) BinaryPoke4(bbExecInfo,28,4) ;SW_SHOWNOACTIVE = 4 ret=DllCall(DirWindows(1):"shell32.dll",long:"ShellExecuteExA",lpbinary:bbExecInfo) BinaryFree(bbExecInfo) BinaryFree(bbfile) Return #EndFunction udfRunNotActive(DirWindows(1):"notepad.exe") Exit
Article ID: W18383
Filename: Run EXE No Focus .txt
File Created: 2013:04:30:10:42:16
Last Updated: 2013:04:30:10:42:16