Given the HWND values for several application windows, how to use vba to return each window as an object?

Roger Sutcliffe

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I use an API, run in excel, that returns: Parent window handles, classes and text. for ANY excel, non-Excel/non-office app.

'source: http://www.markrowlinson.co.uk/articles.php?id=4


The handle (HWND), 'text' and 'class' variables enable the identification of each Application window


Using the HWND value, and vba, which functions do I use to obtain the window OBJECT for each Application window?


KelvinRiver
 
What I really want to do is to get the pathname for the file open in powerpoint or acrobat, using API call to get the Application object.
Have you considered using automation instead of the API ?

Something like this maybe :
Code:
MsgBox GetObject(, "Powerpoint.Application").ActivePresentation.FullName
 
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