The Window Object - HTML2EXE Programming Interface

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Properties ActiveWindow ClassName ClientHeight ClientWidth DesktopWindow Enable ExtStyles FocusWindow ForegroundWindow Handle Height ProcessID Styles ThreadID Visible Width WindowState WindowText X Y
Methods CenterWindow ClickToActivate IsWindow MaximizeWindow ModifyStyle ModifyStyleEx MoveBy PostMessage RedrawWindow SendMessage SendMessageCallback SendMessageTimeout SetFocus SetForegroundWindow SetLayeredWindowAttributes SetWindowPos SetWindowRgn ShowWindow SwitchToThisWindow UpdateWindow
Properties

ActiveWindow

Value ULONG (window handle of the active window)
Access Get
Notes SDK Keywords: GetActiveWindow, SetActiveWindow

ClassName

Value BSTR
Access Get
Notes SDK Keyword: GetClassName

ClientHeight

Value ULONG (height of the window's client area)
Access Get, Put
Notes

ClientWidth

Value ULONG (width of the window's client area)
Access Get, Put
Notes

DesktopWindow

Value ULONG (handle of the desktop window)
Access Get
Notes SDK Keyword: GetDesktopWindow

Enable

Value BOOL
Access Get, Put
Notes Enable or disable the window
SDK Keyword: EnableWindow

ExtStyles

Value ULONG (window ext. styles)
Access Get, Put
Notes SDK Kewords: GetWindowLong, SetWindowLong

FocusWindow

Value ULONG (handle of the window which has the input focus)
Access Get
Notes SDK Keywords: GetFocus, SetFocus

ForegroundWindow

Value ULONG (handle of the foreground window)
Access Get
Notes SDK Keywords: GetForegroundWindow, SetForegroundWindow

Handle

Value ULONG (window handle)
Access Get, Put
Notes

Height

Value ULONG (height of the window)
Access Get, Put
Notes SDK Keywords: GetWindowRect, MoveWindow

ProcessID

Value ULONG (Process ID of the window)
Access Get
Notes SDK Keyword: GetWindowThreadProcessId

Styles

Value ULONG (window styles)
Access Get, Put
Notes SDK Kewords: GetWindowLong, SetWindowLong

ThreadID

Value ULONG (thread id of the window)
Access Get
Notes SDK Keyword: GetWindowThreadProcessId

Visible

Value BOOL (visibility of the window)
Access Get, Put
Notes SDK Keywords: IsWindowVisible, ShowWindow

Width

Value ULONG (width of the window)
Access Get, Put
Notes SDK Keywords: GetWindowRect, MoveWindow

WindowState

Value ULONG
Access Get
Notes

WindowText

Value BSTR (window text)
Access Get, Put
Notes SDK Keywords: SetWindowText, GetWindowText

X

Value long (horz window position)
Access Get, Put
Notes SDK Keyword: GetWindowRect

Y

Value long (vert. window position)
Access Get, Put
Notes SDK Keyword: GetWindowRect
Methods

CenterWindow

Return Value
Arguments:
  • Object windowObj (Optional, default(0))
Notes MFC/ATL Keyword: CenterWindow

ClickToActivate

Return Value VARIANT_BOOL (success or fail)
Notes Active a window by mimic clicking its titlebar area.

IsWindow

Return Value BOOL
Notes

MaximizeWindow

Return Value
Notes

ModifyStyle

Return Value
Arguments:
  • ULONG stylesToRemove
  • ULONG stylesToAdd
Notes MFC/ATL Keyword: ModifyStyle

ModifyStyleEx

Return Value
Arguments:
  • ULONG exStylesToRemove
  • ULONG exStylesToAdd
Notes MFC/ATL Keyword: ModifyStyleEx

MoveBy

Return Value
Arguments:
  • long x
  • long y
Notes Move a window by relative position

PostMessage

Return Value VARIANT_BOOL
Arguments:
  • ULONG msg
  • ULONG wParam
  • ULONG lparam
Notes SDK Keyword: PostMessage

RedrawWindow

Return Value
Notes SDK Keyword: RedrawWindow

SendMessage

Return Value long
Arguments:
  • ULONG msg
  • ULONG wParam
  • ULONG lparam
Notes SDK Keyword: SendMessage

SendMessageCallback

Return Value VARIANT_BOOL
Arguments:
  • ULONG msg
  • ULONG wparam
  • ULONG lparam
  • Object callbackFunc
Notes
  • SDK Keyword: SendMessageCallback
  • callbackFunc Protype (JavaScript): 
    function MyCallback(hwnd, message, result)
{
}

SendMessageTimeout

Return Value VARIANT
Arguments:
  • ULONG msg
  • ULONG wparam
  • ULONG lparam
  • ULONG flags
  • ULONG timeout
Notes SDK Keyword: SendMessageTimeout

SetFocus

Return Value
Notes SDK Keyword: SetFocus

SetForegroundWindow

Return Value
Notes SDK Keyword: SetForegroundWindow

SetLayeredWindowAttributes

Return Value VARIANT_BOOL
Arguments:
  • unsigned char red
  • unsigned char green
  • unsigned char blue
  • unsigned char alpha
  • VARIANT_BOOL useColorKey
  • VARIANT_BOOL useAlpha
Notes SDK Keyword: SetLayeredWindowAttributes

SetWindowPos

Return Value
Arguments:
  • ULONG hWndInsertAfter
  • long x
  • long y
  • long cx
  • long cy
  • ULONG flags
Notes SDK Keyword: SetWindowPos

SetWindowRgn

Return Value
Arguments:
  • ULONG hRgn
Notes
  • SDK Keyword: SetWindowRgn
  • See Region object.

ShowWindow

Return Value
Arguments:
  • ULONG cmdShow
Notes SDK Keyword: ShowWindow

SwitchToThisWindow

Return Value
Arguments:
  • BOOL fAltTab (Optional, default(0))
Notes SDK Keyword: SwitchToThisWindow

UpdateWindow

Return Value
Notes SDK Keyword: UpdateWindow