Michael, that may be the only remedy. But it isn't appropriate, as I will explain later.
I tried the SendMessage() approach, with WM_SETTEXT but it's not useful. Using a SendMessage(_hwnd, WM_SETTEXT, 0, "My new text") will work only if the called process "allows" it - ie, has a method for setting its window title. For example, the code works when sent to Notepad, until any event within that application causes the window title to be updated. There is an interesting article at stackoverflow <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1016823/c-how-can-i-rename-a-process-win dow-that-i-started> which got a bit pointless, with one antagonist insisting that if he coded an event to check when Notepad's title changed, he could just change it back again! CMD.EXE will actually allow its Title to be changed, but for the process that I need to run (call it MyExternalProcess) I must get its error messages passed directly back to my .NET application. With a batch file (using CMD) to run MyExternalProcess, I will lose that connection, I believe. Or, it becomes more messy than the aesthetics of an informative title is worth. My initial idea was to use the (OS) C source for MyExternalProcess.exe and compile for .NET so I can have in-process control (and perhaps better error feedback), but it uses C99 extensions so has been compiled with MinGW - and I see no way to get over that. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Minutillo Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:59 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Setting CMD-window title What about calling a batch file that sets the title (using the TITLE command) and then runs your normal command http://ss64.com/nt/title.html On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Mark Hurd <markeh...@gmail.com> wrote: On 30 November 2010 11:20, Mark Hurd <markeh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Back in VB6 the App object was available to libraries to use, and so > they could adjust App.Title. I never did get around to work out what > it did and whether it was possible to replicate in .NET (i.e. allow an > assembly to adjust the main application's title). Just confirming: I'm talking normal Windows applications, not a CLI app. -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3286 - Release Date: 11/28/10
