Determing which application has current focus

marcmason · August 14th, 2003, 06:32 AM

Hi Guys

Does anyone know how to use the windows API do detemine which application running under windows has focus.

I have a vb application that sets focus to a particular field on a form, I only want this to happen if this application has focus in windows.

Thanks in advance

pgtips · August 14th, 2003, 06:55 AM

Take a look at Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 186908 "HOWTO: Determine When Your Application Gains or Loses Focus". It doesn't answer your question of determining which app has focus, but it will enable you to keep track of whether your application has focus.

hth
Phil

marcostraf · August 14th, 2003, 04:55 PM

Private Declare Function GetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" () As Long