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Hide and Show Window

Description	This script will hide or show the window that it's run on.
Language	C#
Minimum Version	9.2.2+
Created By	Thomas Malloch (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Jun 12, 2018
Date Last Modified	Jun 12, 2018

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// The 'windowHandle' parameter will contain the window handle for the:
//   - Active window when run by hotkey
//   - Trigger target when run by a Trigger rule
//   - TitleBar Button owner when run by a TitleBar Button
//   - Jump List owner when run from a Taskbar Jump List
//   - Currently focused window if none of these match
public static class DisplayFusionFunction
{
    [DllImport("User32.dll")]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    private static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, ShowWindowEnum nCmdShow);

private enum ShowWindowEnum : uint
    {
        SW_HIDE = 0,
        SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1,
        SW_NORMAL = 1,
        SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2,
        SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3,
        SW_MAXIMIZE = 3,
        SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4,
        SW_SHOW = 5,
        SW_MINIMIZE = 6,
        SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE = 7,
        SW_SHOWNA = 8,
        SW_RESTORE = 9,
        SW_SHOWDEFAULT = 10,
        SW_FORCEMINIMIZE = 11,
        SW_MAX = 11,
    }

public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle)
	{
        // Hide the window
        ShowWindow(windowHandle, ShowWindowEnum.SW_HIDE);
        
        // Wait 2 seconds
        BFS.General.ThreadWait(2000);
        
        // Show the window
        ShowWindow(windowHandle, ShowWindowEnum.SW_SHOW);
    }
}

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