Launch Application and Wait for Main Window

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Description	Launches an application and waits for a valid main window.
Language	C# (.Net)
Minimum Version	7.1.0+
Created By	solaris765
Contributors	-
Date Created	Apr 29, 2015
Date Last Modified	Apr 29, 2015

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using System; using System.Drawing; // The 'windowHandle' parameter will contain the window handle for the: // - Active window when run by hotkey // - Window Location target when run by a Window Location 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 { public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle) { // launch application uint appID = BFS.Application.Start("C:\\Program Files\\NVIDIA Corporation\\Control Panel Client\\nvcplui.exe", ""); // loop until we get a main window int count = 0; while (true) { windowHandle = BFS.Application.GetMainWindowByAppID(appID); if (windowHandle != IntPtr.Zero) break; BFS.General.ThreadWait(250); if (++count >= 30000 / 250) // loop for 30 seconds return; } // do something with the window here BFS.Dialog.ShowMessageInfo(windowHandle.ToString()); } }