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List Open Window Information

Description	This function lists the window handle, location, and window title for each open window on the system. This code is useful in other functions where you want to find a specific window and do something with it.
Language	C#
Minimum Version	7.0.0+
Created By	solaris765
Contributors	-
Date Created	Dec 8, 2014
Date Last Modified	Feb 9, 2015

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;

// 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)
	{
		// flag to write to file or open Dialog
		bool outputToNotepad = false;

// get visible window handles
		IntPtr[] handles = BFS.Window.GetVisibleWindowHandles();

// build debug window text
		string output = "";
		for (int i = 0; i < handles.Length; i++)
			output += string.Format("0x{0}: Location: {1, -37} {2}" + Environment.NewLine, handles[i].ToString("x8"), BFS.Window.GetBounds(handles[i]).ToString(), BFS.Window.GetText(handles[i]));
		
		if (outputToNotepad)
		{
			// show messagebox with text in Notepad
			string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) + "/OpenWindowInformation.txt";
			System.IO.File.WriteAllText(path, output);
			BFS.Window.SetSizeAndLocation(BFS.Application.GetMainWindowByAppID(BFS.Application.Start(path,"")),0,0,977,544);
		}
		else
		{
			// show messagebox with text in Dialog Box
			BFS.Dialog.ShowMessageInfoMonospaced(output);
		}
	}
}

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