How to bring window to front using the Caption/Title of the applications/Program ? The following code is used to get the Caption/Title of the application but when when Appactivate is used, it simply activates the External program but does not bring the Program's window to front or Maximize it.
So how can we bring "External Programs" Window to Front based on Caption/Title of the applications.
So how can we bring "External Programs" Window to Front based on Caption/Title of the applications.
VBA Code:
'App Activate
Private Declare PtrSafe Function apiGetClassName Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetClassNameA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal lpClassName As String, _
ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function apiGetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetDesktopWindow" () As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function apiGetWindow Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetWindow" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal wCmd As Long) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function apiGetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal _
nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function apiGetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal _
lpString As String, ByVal aint As Long) As Long
Private Const mcGWCHILD = 5
Private Const mcGWHWNDNEXT = 2
Private Const mcGWLSTYLE = (-16)
Private Const mcWSVISIBLE = &H10000000
Private Const mconMAXLEN = 255
'App Activate
Sub xSelView()
Dim xRg As Range
Dim xStr As String
Dim xStrLen As Long
Dim xHandle As Long
Dim xHandleStr As String
Dim xHandleLen As Long, xHandleStyle As Long
On Error Resume Next
xHandle = apiGetWindow(apiGetDesktopWindow(), mcGWCHILD)
Do While xHandle <> 0
xStr = String$(mconMAXLEN - 1, 0)
xStrLen = apiGetWindowText(xHandle, xStr, mconMAXLEN)
If xStrLen > 0 Then
xStr = Left$(xStr, xStrLen)
xHandleStyle = apiGetWindowLong(xHandle, mcGWLSTYLE)
If xHandleStyle And mcWSVISIBLE Then
If InStr(1, xStr, "Powerpoint") <> 0 Then 'Activate Powerpoint window
AppActivate (xStr)
Exit Sub
End If
End If
End If
xHandle = apiGetWindow(xHandle, mcGWHWNDNEXT)
Loop
End Sub
