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[jaxelrod]

There's no obvious way I've found looking at the AHK API to detect when the active window changes and to act on that information.

What I'd like to do is write an AHK script that when an application is focused, all of the other windows in the window group are also brought to the front.

Thanks!
Jeff

[Frankie]

Look at shell hooks: <!-- m -->http://www.autohotke... ... 323#123323<!-- m -->

[None]

You can use ShellHook to detect window activations.

Gui +LastFound 
hWnd := WinExist()
DllCall( "RegisterShellHookWindow", UInt,Hwnd )
MsgNum := DllCall( "RegisterWindowMessage", Str,"SHELLHOOK" )
OnMessage( MsgNum, "ShellMessage" )
Return

ShellMessage( wParam,lParam )
{
 WinGetTitle, title, ahk_id %lParam%
 If (wParam=4) { ;HSHELL_WINDOWACTIVATED
  ToolTip WinActivated`n%Title%
  sleep 1000
  ToolTip
 }
}

Frankie beat me :wink:

[jaxelrod]

Thanks so much to both of you! I'll give it a shot.

[Xymmer]

thank you for this, works perfectly.
There's a bug in the DLL (not the script I'm sure) where if Remote Desktop Connection has a full window, the scripts stops detecting thewindow change. If you restore RDC the script continues to detct the window changes.

[hotkeyguy]

Hello again,

 

I never get a value 4 (HSHELL_WINDOWACTIVATED) from wParam.
OS Windows 7 Professional, 64 Bit SP1. Any hints?

 

 

Many thanks and greetings
hotkeyguy

[Elgin]

Depending on which window is activated you will either get wParam 4 (HSHELL_WINDOWACTIVATED) or 32772 (0x8004; HSHELL_RUDEAPPACTIVATED). The latter occurs much more frequently but you need to check for both to be safe.