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CDesktop

$Revision: 19 $

Description

This class allows you to play with desktops.

Data Members

None.

Methods

void Attach( HDESK desktop_handle )
Attaches an existing desktop handle to this object. 
BOOL Close( void )
Closes the desktop. 
BOOL Create( const CString& name_of_desktop,
                   DWORD    desired_access = DESKTOP_CREATEWINDOW,
      LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES security_attributes_p = NULL,
                   LPCTSTR  display_device_name = NULL,
                   DWORD    flags = 0 )
Creates a new desktop. 
BOOL GetAutomaticallyClose( void ) const
Returns whether the encapsulated desktop will be closed in the destructor. 
DWORD GetErrorCode( void ) const
Returns the last error encountered. 
HDESK GetHandle( void ) const
Returns the encapsulated HDESK handle. 
void GetThread( DWORD thread_id = 0 )
Attaches this CDesktop to the dekstop of the specified thread_id. 
BOOL GetWindows( CDWordArray& window_handles )
Gathers a list of all window handles for the desktop. 
BOOL Open( const CString& desktop_name,  DWORD desired_access = DESKTOP_CREATEWINDOW, DWORD flags = 0, BOOL inherit = FALSE )
Opens the desktop. 
BOOL OpenInput( DWORD desired_access = accessCreateWindow, DWORD flags = 0, BOOL inherit = FALSE )
Opens the desktop for input. 
void SetAutomaticallyClose( BOOL automatically_close = TRUE )
Tells CDesktop to call Close() in the destructor. 
BOOL SetThread( void )
Sets the current thread's desktop to this CDesktop. 
BOOL SwitchTo( const CDesktop& new_desktop )
Makes the new_desktop visible and activates it.

Example

Sorry.

API's Used

Copyright, 2000, Samuel R. Blackburn
$Workfile: CDesktop.cpp $
$Modtime: 1/04/00 5:11a $