"Michael Nemtsev" <nemt***@msn.com> wrote in message
news:a279a63a3db0bf8c915f998e17075@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Hello Tal,
>
> What does "active" process mean? That is user works with or ...?!
>
> TS> Hello,
> TS> I'm writing a windows application, that monitors running
> TS> processes/applications on my machine. One of the requirements is to
> TS> identify
> TS> the current active process/application.
> TS> I tried to use the System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess()
> TS> method,
> TS> but the thing is that it always returns my application's process.
> TS> Is there another way to get the current active process? What am I
> TS> missing
> TS> here?
> TS> Appreciate all the help I can get.
> TS> Thanks in advance,
> TS> - Tal.
> ---
> WBR,  Michael  Nemtsev [C# MVP]    blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
> team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/
>
> "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
> miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo
>
>

"Tal Shachar" wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> Active Process means the current application/process that the user is
> currently working on. To be more clear - the current application which is
> selected in the Task Bar (if it is shown in the task bar).
> Thanks for your reply,
>
>   - Tal.
>
>
> "Michael Nemtsev" <nemt***@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:a279a63a3db0bf8c915f998e17075@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > Hello Tal,
> >
> > What does "active" process mean? That is user works with or ...?!
> >
> > TS> Hello,
> > TS> I'm writing a windows application, that monitors running
> > TS> processes/applications on my machine. One of the requirements is to
> > TS> identify
> > TS> the current active process/application.
> > TS> I tried to use the System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess()
> > TS> method,
> > TS> but the thing is that it always returns my application's process.
> > TS> Is there another way to get the current active process? What am I
> > TS> missing
> > TS> here?
> > TS> Appreciate all the help I can get.
> > TS> Thanks in advance,
> > TS> - Tal.
> > ---
> > WBR,  Michael  Nemtsev [C# MVP]    blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
> > team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/
> >
> > "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
> > miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo
> >
> >
>
>
>

"Jakob Christensen" <JakobChristen***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:44C0A913-6C4E-4BBC-998E-F34A2FAB0143@microsoft.com...
> Hi Tal,
>
> Maybe you can use the Win32 API  GetForegroundWindow to retrieve a handle
> to
> the foreground window and then compare to
> System.Diagnostics.Process.MainWindowHandle to find the process that owns
> the
> window.
>
> http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/GetForegroundWindow.html
>
> HTH, Jakob.
> --
> http://www.dotninjas.dk
>
>
>
> "Tal Shachar" wrote:
>
>> Hi Michael,
>> Active Process means the current application/process that the user is
>> currently working on. To be more clear - the current application which is
>> selected in the Task Bar (if it is shown in the task bar).
>> Thanks for your reply,
>>
>>   - Tal.
>>
>>
>> "Michael Nemtsev" <nemt***@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:a279a63a3db0bf8c915f998e17075@msnews.microsoft.com...
>> > Hello Tal,
>> >
>> > What does "active" process mean? That is user works with or ...?!
>> >
>> > TS> Hello,
>> > TS> I'm writing a windows application, that monitors running
>> > TS> processes/applications on my machine. One of the requirements is to
>> > TS> identify
>> > TS> the current active process/application.
>> > TS> I tried to use the System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess()
>> > TS> method,
>> > TS> but the thing is that it always returns my application's process.
>> > TS> Is there another way to get the current active process? What am I
>> > TS> missing
>> > TS> here?
>> > TS> Appreciate all the help I can get.
>> > TS> Thanks in advance,
>> > TS> - Tal.
>> > ---
>> > WBR,  Michael  Nemtsev [C# MVP]    blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
>> > team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/
>> >
>> > "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and
>> > we
>> > miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>