Re: mintty window handle

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>]

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

Sorry for my terrible english...


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