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    about windows

    i have 2 questions about a Windows.
    1 - when i use the ShellExecute() for execute a program, how can i wait until the window\program is ready for i use the menu shortcuts with SendInput()?
    2 - when we change a window, maybe the window is hided and then is showed, how i can wait until the window\program is ready for change window position?

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    For the #1, I think you need CreateProcess for monitoring the external app.
    * PC: Intel Core 2 DUO E6550 @ 2.33 GHz with 2 GB RAM: Archlinux-i686 with xfce4.
    * Laptop: Intel Core 2 DUO T6600 @ 2.20 GHz with 4 GB RAM: Archlinux-x86-64 with xfce4.

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    i did something like that without sucess
    Code:
    SHELLEXECUTEINFO lpExecInfo;
        lpExecInfo.cbSize  = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
        lpExecInfo.lpFile = strFile2.c_str(); // name of file that you want to execute/ print/ or open/ in your case Adobe Acrobat.
        lpExecInfo.fMask=SEE_MASK_NOASYNC;
        lpExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
        lpExecInfo.lpVerb = "open"; // to open  program
        lpExecInfo.lpParameters = ""; //  file name as an argument
        lpExecInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
        lpExecInfo.nShow = SW_SHOW ;  // show command prompt with normal window size
        lpExecInfo.hInstApp = (HINSTANCE) SE_ERR_DDEFAIL ;   //WINSHELLAPI BOOL WINAPI result;
        ShellExecuteEx(&lpExecInfo);
    
    
          //wait until a file executed
        ::WaitForSingleObject(lpExecInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
        ::CloseHandle(lpExecInfo.hProcess);
    when i use the GetForegroundWindow(), i get wrong HWND value

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    The handle lpExecInfo.hProcess will be signalled until the application you just launched terminates.

    The short answer to your questions is that there is no solution. You can either try to wait X minutes or try to monitor the window's message queue to try to figure out when it's ready. There's just no API for this. The best way would, of course, be for the application you start to notify your program when it's ready.
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