Centre and Focus Outlook Reminder Windows

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Description	This is a script that loops in the background, looking for new Outlook reminder windows that need to be brought to the front of the z-order. This is a workaround because Window Created Trigger rules don't work with Outlook, due to the fact that they re-use window handles from closed windows.
Language	C#.net
Minimum Version	9.7+
Created By	Keith Lammers (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Jul 29, 2020
Date Last Modified	Jul 29, 2020

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using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Collections.Generic; public static class DisplayFusionFunction { public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle) { // Set the amount of time (in milliseconds) between loops (lowering this time will increase CPU usage) uint waitTime = 1000; // Script setup stuff var previousList = new List<IntPtr>(); var currentList = new List<IntPtr>(); while (true) // Loop forever (exit the script via its icon in the system tray) { // Clear the current list of windows currentList.Clear(); BFS.General.LogText("FocusNewOutlookReminderWindows: Current list cleared: " + currentList.Count.ToString()); // Add the current Outlook or Word window handles to a list foreach (IntPtr window in BFS.Window.GetVisibleAndMinimizedWindowHandles()) { if ((BFS.Application.GetMainFileByWindow(window).ToLower().Contains("outlook.exe") && BFS.Window.GetText(window).Contains("Reminder"))) { currentList.Add(window); BFS.General.LogText("FocusNewOutlookReminderWindows: Window added to current list: " + window.ToString() + " " + currentList.Count.ToString()); } } // Compare the list from the previous run to the list from the current run foreach (IntPtr window in currentList) { if (!(previousList.Contains(window))) { BFS.Window.MoveToCentreMonitor(window); BFS.Window.Focus(window); BFS.General.LogText("FocusNewOutlookReminderWindows: Reminder window focused" + ": " + window.ToString()); previousList.Add(window); BFS.General.LogText("FocusNewOutlookReminderWindows: Window added to previous list: " + window.ToString() + " " + previousList.Count.ToString()); } } // If the previous list has windows that aren't in the new list, mark them for deletion var closedWindows = new List<IntPtr>(); foreach (IntPtr window in previousList) { if (!(currentList.Contains(window))) { closedWindows.Add(window); BFS.General.LogText("FocusNewOutlookReminderWindows: Window marked for deletion: " + window.ToString()); } } // Delete the closed windows from the previous list foreach (IntPtr window in closedWindows) { previousList.Remove(window); BFS.General.LogText("FocusNewOutlookReminderWindows: Window deleted: " + window.ToString() + " " + previousList.Count.ToString()); } // Wait before looping to prevent the CPU from running up BFS.General.ThreadWait(waitTime); } } }