mintty window handle

mintty window handle

[Kevin Schnitzius]

I would like to be able change the icon dynamically on my mintty 
windows.  However, old trick (google KB125103) for finding console 
window handles won't work anymore as it relies on the windows console 
window.  I have verified that WM_SETICON works with the correct window handle.  I have played 
around with the walking through windows but I can't figure out how to do it.


Anyone have any clues about how to find this handle programmatically?
Kevin

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Re: mintty window handle

[Kevin Schnitzius]

>From: Kevin Schnitzius 

>
>I would like to be able change the icon dynamically on my mintty 
>windows.  However, old trick (google KB125103) for finding console 
>window handles won't work anymore as it relies on the windows console 
>window.  I have verified that WM_SETICON works with the correct window handle.  I have played 
>around with the walking through windows but I can't figure out how to do it.

For those curious, this MSVC solution worked:

        // Format a "unique" NewWindowTitle.
        sprintf(pszNewWindowTitle, "%d/%d",
            GetTickCount(), GetCurrentProcessId());

        sprintf(pszNewCommand, "c:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe -c \'echo -ne \"\\e]2;%s\\a\"\'", pszNewWindowTitle);
        system(pszNewCommand);

        // Ensure window title has been updated.
        Sleep(40);

        // Look for NewWindowTitle.
        hwndFound = FindWindow(NULL, pszNewWindowTitle);  // our program

There is no way that I know of to get the original title so I had to make my program set the title to something meaningful 
while changing the icon.  There are other difficulties as well when freeing icon handles but I have a solution if anyone is
interested.

Kevin


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Re: mintty window handle

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Kevin Schnitzius!

>>I would like to be able change the icon dynamically on my mintty
>>windows.  However, old trick (google KB125103) for finding console 
>>window handles won't work anymore as it relies on the windows console 
>>window.  I have verified that WM_SETICON works with the correct window handle.  I have played 
>>around with the walking through windows but I can't figure out how to do it.

> For those curious, this MSVC solution worked:

>         // Format a "unique" NewWindowTitle.
>         sprintf(pszNewWindowTitle, "%d/%d",
>             GetTickCount(), GetCurrentProcessId());

>         sprintf(pszNewCommand, "c:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe -c \'echo -ne \"\\e]2;%s\\a\"\'", pszNewWindowTitle);
>         system(pszNewCommand);

>         // Ensure window title has been updated.
>         Sleep(40);

>         // Look for NewWindowTitle.
>         hwndFound = FindWindow(NULL, pszNewWindowTitle);  // our program

That's a very ugly way that was appropriate for finding console windows.
For normal GUI windows, I think, there's more straightforward ways.


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Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 22.02.2012, <05:48>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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