Desktop Focus

[Robert265]

Hi I'm new to C++ and I'm trying to make a simple program that buffers text and presses the windows button for me whenever I finish typing "on the desktop".

I think I can handle everything here except for detecting whether or not the desktop window is the window that is in focus.

I found this: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread272512.html
but I couldn't find the file that the methods he used come from.

I then found this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633512(VS.85).aspx
But when I tried to compile this code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Winuser.h"
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


int main()
{		
		int y;
		cin>>y;

		return 0;
}

I got:

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1> ConsoleApp.cpp 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(46): error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'HDWP' 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(46): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(46): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(47): error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'MENUTEMPLATEA' 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(47): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(47): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(54): error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'LPMENUTEMPLATEA' 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(54): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(54): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(62): error C2065: 'CALLBACK' : undeclared identifier 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(62): error C2065: 'WNDPROC' : undeclared identifier 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(62): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int 1>c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winuser.h(62): fatal error C1903: unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Help would be much appreciated, I really want to start doing some practical programming in C++ and move away from Java :p.

[Disch]

You shouldn't be including Winuser.h

Typically if you need windows stuff, you include <Windows.h>.

Also, cin stands for "console in", so it only accepts input from the console, not the desktop.

[Robert265]

Wow thanks that part is working now : ).
The console in thing was just to stop the program from automatically terminating.