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Vishuonline

2006-03-26, 7:05 pm

Hi,

I have an app that uses directshow on WM5. After my app launches, I run a
graph to display a viewfinder of the embedded camera. My app's functionality
and stuff is fine; but I want to detect an event when my application gets
swapped with another application. I tried to use WM_ACTIVATE but its not
reliable because I get a WM_ACTIVATE message (with parameter values which say
my window is going into background) when the directshow renderer get focus
for displaying frames.

Is there a reliable way for me to get notified when my app gets swapped out?

Best
Tim Wallace

2006-03-27, 7:05 pm

Check to see if the renderer has focus when you receive the WM_ACTIVATE for
losing focus. If not, you know your application is not active.

Tim Wallace

"Vishuonline" <Vishuonline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B71822F-E55F-4EED-8A8D-D5C1A49571F5@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have an app that uses directshow on WM5. After my app launches, I run a
> graph to display a viewfinder of the embedded camera. My app's
> functionality
> and stuff is fine; but I want to detect an event when my application gets
> swapped with another application. I tried to use WM_ACTIVATE but its not
> reliable because I get a WM_ACTIVATE message (with parameter values which
> say
> my window is going into background) when the directshow renderer get focus
> for displaying frames.
>
> Is there a reliable way for me to get notified when my app gets swapped
> out?
>
> Best



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